The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-02-25
Lenten Regulations.

The Lenton season began with Ash Wed
nesday. 23d inst. James Cardinal Gibbons,
Archbishop of Baltimore, has issued the fol
| lowing regulations for the observance of Lent
by the Catholics of this diocese;
l. All the faithful who have completed
their 2lst year, unless exempted by dispense
| tion or some other legitimate cause, are bound
| to observe the fast of Lent.
2. They are to make one meal only day,
except on Sundays.
3. The meal permitted on fast days is not
to be taken till about noon.
T. small refreshment, commonly called
| collation., is permitted in the evening.
5. The following persons are exempt from
the obligation of fasting: Persons under 81
| years of age, the sick, nursing women, those
who are obliged to do hard labor, and those
| who, through weakness, cannot fast without
great prejudice to their health.
6. The faithful are reminded that besides
the obligation OF fasting imposed by the
| church, this holy season of Lent should be, in
an especial manner, time OF earnest prayer,
| of sorrow for sin, of seclusion from the world
and its amusements, and general aims giving
By virtue OF an Indult to the United States,
dated August 80, 1887, the following special
| dispensatons are granted
| /. The use of flesh meat is permitted at all
meals on Sundays, and once a day on Mon
| days, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
| with the exception of the second and last
Saturdays of Lent But flesh meat and fish
are not to be used at the same meal during
Lent, even on Sundays.
| .. The use of butter, cheese, milk and eggs
is also permitted every day in Lent.
8. 1t is allowed to take in the morning
some warm liquid, as tea coffee, or thin choco-
late, made with water, and with this liquid a
mouthful of bread.
4. Those for whom the hour of noon may
| be an inconvenent time for dinner may in
| vert the order and take their collation. in the
morning, and their dinner in the evening.
5. The use of hogs lard, or dripping, in
| permitted food.
| 6. Persons exempt from the obligations of
fasting are free to take meat more than once
on those days wnen its use is granite by dis
pensation.
By virtue Of an Indult granted to us by the
Holy See, March 18th, 1895, We permit to all
working men and their families the use of
flesh meat once day on all fast days and alb
stinence days throughout the year, with the
exception of Fridays, Ash "Wednesday, the
Wednesday and Saturday of Holy Week and
the eve of Christmas.
Those who are exempt from the obligation
of fasting are free to take meat more than
once on the days mentioned.
Those who avail themselves of this lndult
are not allowed to use flesh meat and fish at
the same meal, and they are earnestly eXhort-
ed to perform some other act of mortitication,
such US abstinence from Intoxicating liquors.
The Paschal time extends from the first
Sunday of Lent till Trinity Sunday, during
which time all Catholics who have attained
the proper age are bound to receive worthily
| the Holy Communion. The Holy season of
Lent is a very proper time also for children to
make their first confession, which they ought
to do generally about the age of seven years.
| Parents should see to this.