The Irish standard., 1900-03-03
LENTEN REGULATIONS
To be Observed by the Faithful In
this Archdiocese.

this Archdiocese.
In this year OF grace, 1900, the 18th
day OF February will be Ash Wednes-
day, the first day Of Lent
All the faithful, unless legitilnately
excused or dispensed, are bound in con-
science, under the penalty OF grevous
sin, to observe the Lenten regulations.
All the days Of Lent, the Sundays ex-
ccptcd, are days OF fast.
The prccept Of fast restricts the use
OF food to one full meal toward the mid
die of the day, and a collation. in the
evening not exceeding the fourth part
Of full meal-custom, however, au-
thorizing the taking in the morning OF
a cup OF coffee, tea or chocolate, with
small piece of bread.
For the collation. theologians allow
solid food to the amount OF eight
ounces. The solid food taken in the
morning should not exceed two ounces.
When the full meal or principal re-
past cannot be taken without serious in
convenience toward the middle OF the
day, the order OF rcpasts may be re-
vcrscd, the full meal or principal rcpast
being taken in the evening, and the
collation. at an earlier hour OF the day.
The use of flesh meat is allowed at
all meals on Sundays and at the prin-
cipal meal on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, except the
Saturday OF Ember Week (March 10Y
and the Saturday of Holy Week
april 14).
The use of flesh meat, therefore, is
forbidden at all meals on Wednesdays,
Fridays, the Saturday of Ember Week
and the Saturday of Holy Week; and
on other days, outside Of Sundays, it is
forbidden at other repasts, outside the
one full meal.
The use OF lard is permitted at all
times in the preparation Of food
Both fish and flesh meat cannot be
taken at the same meal, even on Sun
days.
Persons lcgitimatcly excused or dis
pensed from the prccept OF fasting may
use flesh meat at all meals on whatever
day there is a general permission to
use it at the principal meal.
From the prcccpt of fast are excused:
'T1,.eo ,,,,or 81
years or over the age OF sixty; the in
f rra and the eet,ra les cent women hesaE
ing or nursing children; persons en-
gagged in hard labor or other duties cx
haustive of physical strength; persons
who from poverty are unable to pro-
cure for the principal meal a suflicency
OF nutritivc food.
From the prcccpt of abstinence are
excused: The young under the age OF
seven years; the sick; persons who are
so situated as not to be able to procure
for themselves abstinence food.
In virtue OF the authority conceded to
bishops in the United States by recent
Ponti6cal Indult, permission is granted
to working people" to use meat on all
days OF Lent, with the exception OF
Fridays, Ash Wednesday, the Wedncs
day and Saturday of Holy Week.
This dispensation from abstinence ex-
tends to all three meals in the day.
The usual prohibition remains against
using flesh meat and fish at the same
meal.
Where the wage-carncr, in virtue OF
the Indult, uses meat, all the members
of the household may likewise use it.
The Church does not wish to impose
upon the household the inconvenience
of double cooking. But in cases OF this
kind the members OF the household who
are bound by the precept of fast are
allowed the use OF meat only at their
principal meal.
The Sovereign Pontiff exhorts all who
make use of the privileges OF the 1ndult
to be still mindful OF their duty to prac-
tice sef-denial; and he counsels that in
stead of the abstinence from meat some
other sacrifice OF bodily comfort be
practiced, the Sovereign Pontiff him
self suggesting as such sacrifice absti-
ncnce from Intoxicating drink.
Days of fast and abstinence occurring
outside the Lenten season during the
year 1900 are the Ember days and the
Vigils OF Holy days. The Ember days
will be: Wednesday, Friday and Satur-
day, June e, and 9; Wednesday, Fri
day and Saturday, Sept. 49, 81 and 22;
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, Dec.
10, FL and 22. The Vigils will be: The
Vigil of Pentecost, June 8; that of AS
sumption, Aug. ID; that OF All Saints,