The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-17
Lcnten Regulations.

Wednesday last, 18th inst, was Ash-Wed
nesday, beginning of Lent, which will end
Easter Sunday, April 2i. Jamss Cardinal
Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, has issuet.
the following regulations for the observance
OF Lent by the Catholics of this diocese
]. All the faithful who have completed
their Dist year, unless exempt by dhpensatio
or some other legitimate cause, are bound TO
observe the fast OF Lent.
.. They are to make one meal only Il day,
except on Sundays.
3. The meal permitted on fast days is MOI
to be taken till about noon.
4. A small refreshment. commonly called
collation., is permitted in siIs evening.
5. The following persons are exempt from;
obligation of fasting: Persons unier 81 years
of age, the sick, nursing women, those who
are obliged to do hard labor, aud those vino,
through weakness, cannot last witlout great
prejudice to their health.
e. The faithful are reminded that, besides
the obligation of fasting imposed by the
church, the holy season of Lent should be, in
an especial manner, q 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 U nited States,
dated August Sd, 1857, the following special
dispensatious are granted:
l. The use of flesh meat is permitted at all
meals on Sundays, and once day on Mon
days, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
with the exception Of the second and last
Saturdays of Lent. But flesh meat and fisl
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.
3. 1t is allowed to take in the morning some
| warm liquid, as tea, coffee, or thin chocolate
made with water, and with this liquid mouth,
full of bread.
4. Those for whom the hour of noon may
| be an incoDvenient 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
stead of butter, is authorized in preparing
permitted food.
q. Persons exempt from the obligations OF
| fasting are free to take meat more than once
on those days when its use is granted by dis,
| pensation.
By virtue of au Indnt granted to US by the
Holy See, March 18th, 1895, we permit to al
working men and their families the use OF
flesh meat once day on all fast days and alb,
stinence days. throughout the year, with ,he
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 Indult
| are not allowed to use flesh meat and fish al
the same meal, and the are earnestly exhorted
ed to perform some other act OF modification
such as abstinence from intoxicating liquors
The Paschal time extends from the hrs
| Sunday of Lent till Trinity Sunday, during
which time all Catholics who have attained
| the proper age are bound to receive worthil,
the Holy Communion. The Holy season OF
Lent is very proper time also for children
to make their first confession, which the,
ought to do generally about the age OF sever
| years. Parents should see to this.