Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-02-22
BEGINNING OF LENT,
There Is Now Fasting and Social
Abstinence for Forty Days.
THE REGULATIONS.

THE REGULATIONS.
Wednesday marked the opening of
Lent. u for forty days and nights
| all good Catholics and Episcop alians
VIII abstain from many OF the ordi-
nary pleasures Of life and devote them
selves strictly to religious meditation
as the church commands. Archbishop
Katzer of the Catholic ~archdiOccso Of
Milwaukee and Bishop Nicholson u the
| E-piscopalian diocese OF Milwaukee
have prepared Ieuten regulations to tc
read In the churches under their jur.s-
iiction. says the Milwaukee. Wis, SEN
tincl.
both lay great stress on fasting and
abstinence from public ADJUSTMENTS
and suci1l entertainments. only one
full meal "a day Is allowed. with a light
repl~t in the morning and evening.
Among Catholics the use Of FISH and
fresh meat ut tho same meal Il not al
lowed. A. last year, the collections for
the catholic Negro and Indian missions
viii be taken up next Sunday. the first
Sunday Of Lent. The collection made
lat All Saints cathedral on Maunday
| ] UuINAtAf Apill fllt VIII " NfN'A'h "
the cathedral residence fund, and that
on Faster sunday to the cathedral
winter expense fund.
EPISCOPALGAN REGULATIONS.
The Lcntcn rules issued by Bishop
Nicholson are as follows:
To be- present az the Holy Eucharist
oyery Lords day and one other day
each week.
To receive Holy Communion fire.
a~ucntly and with devotion.
To keep the Lenten fast In SPIN and
In ruth.
To avoid public amusements and 30
P cial entertainments.
To pcrpare carefully FOR Easter Com
. munion.
To save a tenth for the Easter offer
! ing.
The Leutcn prayer recommended by
/ Bishop Nicholson II from an ancient
Gregoriln sacramentary reading
g Grant. Lord. to Thy faithful people
3 hat they may enter on the venerable
s~olefnnity OF his fast with ntting plety
and ~ through a with undisturbed
devotion. through Jesus Christ, our
lord"
, Or. ID. g. Garrett. of -Oconomowoc, Is
: TO give q series Of Friday evening ad-
q dresses al All Saints cathedral during
Lent. He VIII speak on Ideals In the
y Nineteenth Century Characters the
subjects uf his six addresses being
washington as a Churchman." Dish
lop Patterson, thr christian Martyr
General Gordon. the Christian Sol
b. der Charles Kingsley. the Exponent
I ~ Muscular Christianity" William ~
& Gladstone. the Christian Statesm1n.'
r. and Robert Browning. the Poet Of
r. Christian Faith"
al RULES TO GOVERN CATHOLICS.
The catholic regulations are a. fol
n lows:
ca All the days Of Lent. Sundays except
p, ed. are fast days OF obligation, on
h, which but one fun meal Is allowed.
at The use OF flesh meat IL allowed. by
n Apostolic dispcnsatlon. at the principa
,p meal only, on all days except Welnes
n days and also Saturday of the sec0n,
IA ember week and OF Holy week. CrhOsl
who arc exempt from fasting may NOR
co than once partake Of flesh meat ~
nj days not ~enjoining abstlnence)
nd The use OF eggs. butter, milk am
cheese is by custom allowed through
out Liant, and also the use Of lara In
ce stead of butter for cooking.
ie Fish and flesh meat are not permit
N. ted at the same meal.
uo A collation. or rrpast may be take
Le in the evening, but 1t ought not to TX
90 coed the fourth part of an ordinar
meal. and a cup of coffee or tea witt
N. "A little milk and a small slice Of brea
r.. may be taken In the morning by thos
av who need It.
Besides Lent, there are. during tn
n. year. the following days OF fast and ah
4, stInence: Wednesday. Friday an
saturday OF every ember week. TIL
~, ylglls OF Pentacust. of the Assumptio
no, Of the Blessed Virgin. of All Saint
~, and Of Christmas, likewise the Friday
of advent; fast ana abstinence IL rex
commended ON the Saturday during III
octave OF 81. Peter and 81. Paul, or %
the Saturday before the feast II It fat
We N "A Sunday.
NO An Fridays during the year are day
Il NJ abstinence from ficsh-meat; on SaI
'rs urlays the use Of ilrsh-mrat Is Above
ne again for this year. 10y Apostolic Din
u! pcnsation except In case u fast day fall
'"t IN Saturday.
OF THOSE WHO ARE EXEMPT.
lea All must consider themselves as STRIFE
'N y bound to this fast; those only are e.
yer cmpt from fasting Though not from al
IFS stinencrD who are under the age of tive
ty-one, aud such persons ns are sick, II
firm, convalescent, or otherwise Of u de
icatc constitution, or whose strength
lily impaired by old age, nursing or by han
ale- labor. Such as are seriously sick n
bt- also exempt from abstinence. Those WI
lie entertain any reasonable doubt abOl
)ne their obligation to fast or To abstai
hat ought Ia have recourse to their respecti'
lis pastors for advice ar dispenSation.
by virtue OF special faculties grant,
lch by the Holy See, we also dispense fro
eat the law Of abstinence all those that pc
di- form physical labor. aud We permit the
lth the use Of ilesh-meat once during Il
any hay on an days. with the exception
res the Fridays during the entire year, \.
and Wednesday, the vigil Of Christmas, al
1t. those days ct the Holy week ou viii,
nm The other faithful are not dispense
the This dispensation is 50 10 be- %undersio.
ug- that at the common meal the who
family may avail itself OF the dispens
ton. However, il is never allowed To .
less fish and tlcsh-meat at the same meal.
Moreover. the faithful ought 10 u,
form some other works Of prnance. g.
abstain from intOXicaiing drinks, on d
cts lays on which they make use NJ this d
II prnsition. Likewise. all that eat Hes
ure meat ON SATURDAYS during m. wear u
cuunsrlcd 20 other good works. q. T., ri
aims for the grace OF that dispcnsatio
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