Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
LENTEN REGULATIONS.
As Prom ulgateu by Archbishop
ireland Special Exc mp
gag tons to Workman.

latiums as promulgated bv Arch
bishop Ireland: s w..
All the faithful. unless legitimatrly
excused or dispensed. are bound in
conscience. under the PENALTY OF
greviuus sin, to observe the Lenten
reg ulati,
All days OF Lent, the Sundays en-
ceptetl. are days Of fast. The prectpt
OifAsting restricts the use OF food t"
one meal toward the middle OF the
day and a collation. In the evening
not exceeding the fourth part of an
ordinary nleal-custnIn, however.
au thurizimg the taking In the MORN
ing OF u cup ~ coffee, tea Orchocolate
with u small piece Of bread. The
Olugians allow for the collation. solid
food to the amount Of eight ounces.
The solid food takrnin the nNSning
should not exceed twOnuMrs. When
the meal or principal tepast cannot
he taken without serious inconveni-
ence toward the middle of ttte day,
the oydrrOf requests may be reversed
the meal being taken In the evening
and the cola tiOn ut an earlier hour.
The USE Of tlsh IL allowed at all
meals on sundays and the principal
meal on Mondays. Tuesdays. Thurs
days nud saturdays, except Sntur-
day OF Emher week (:,nrch 13) and
Saturday Uf HOLY week (April ~
The use uf flesh meat IL forbidden on
Wednesdays, FRIDAYS. Saturday OF
Emher rweek aud Saturday M Holy
week; and no other days, outside OF
Sunday, It IL forbidden at allr"p"sts.
except the one meal Of principal re-
past. rhe use III hard, however, is
permitted at all times IN the prepar-
alton nf food. Both fish and meat
cannot be.:taken at the same meal,
even on,,s.Sundays Persons l"Siti-
ma tely excused or dispensed from
the prvcept III fasting may use flesh
meat at al meals on whatever days
there ia general permission to nsc 1t
ut the principal repust.
From the precept uf fasting are en-
cused: Those under the age OF
twenty-One years or over the uge ~
sixty; women bearing or nursing
children; those engaged IN hard labor
or other duties exhaustiveof physical
strengths; those who from poverty
are unable to procure for the princi-
pal repust a sutIlciency OF nutri'ive
food.
From Ethe pWcept Of sustaining
from flesh meat are excused: The
sick; Those who are so situate d as
not to he able to procure for them
selves abstinence food.
In virture OF the authority con-
ceded to bishops in the United Suites
by u . recent pon,iticial indult. per-
~ ission IL granted to ''working pto-
ple' to Use mt at Oh al days "i Lent.
with tic exception OF Fridays, Ash
Wednesday, Wcdnu day and Sntur.
day Of Holy week,
This dispense ION from nbst ainence
extends ito al three WpnstA In the
day. The usual prohibition remains
against using flesh meat nnU fish at
the same meal.
Where the wage Garner. in virtue
of the indult. uses M at. all the mem
hers Of the nous. hold may likewise
use 1t. The church does not wish to
impose upon the household the in
convenience OF double cooking. But,
III case Of this kind. those members
of the household who rnny be bound
by the precept of fasting are allowed
the use of meat only at their princi-
pal repust.
The sovereign pnptiff exhor's all
who make use Of the privileges OF
the indult to be still mindful OF their
duty to tpractive seif-d"nimE and he
cOunsels that instead Of the Ahstin-
ence from meat some other sacrifice
of bodily cOmiOrt-fOr instance, alb
stinence from Intoxicating drink
be practiced.
Other days III fast and abstinence
occurring during the year are the
ember days and the vigils Of certain
festivals. The ember days are:
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
June ., II and II; Wednesday, FRI
day and Saturday, Sept. IL, II and IL;
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
Dec. Is. II and Is. The vigtls are:
The vigil Of PpntecOst, June s., that
Of the Assumption, Aug. IA; that of
All STUNTS, Oct. 81, and that of
Christmas, Dec. "a.
All Fridays are. Of course, days Of
abstinence. The abstinence which
formerly was obligatory on Sctur-
days has been dispensed with by
apostolic favor to the faithful Of the
United States.
The pontificial indult. Of which we
have spoken, pxpmpts "wOrking ppO-