Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-02-18

heeufAtfons For Lent.
L
Ash Wednesday, the first day O
Lent. falls on the 18th day OF Feb
ruary.
| l. All the faithful who have com
pleted their twenty-arst year, IN
less exempt by dispensafion or som,
other legitimate cause, are bound q
observed the fast of Lent.
2. They are 70 make one meal onls
day, except on Sunday. !
3. A small refreshment, commonly
called collation., 10 permitted in ths
evening.
4. The following persons are ex-
empt from the obligations of fasting
Persons under twenty one years oi
age, the sick. nursing women, those
who arc obliged 70 do hard labor,
and those who, through weakness,
cannot fast without great prejudice
70 their health.
5. The faithful are reminded that.
besides the obligations OF fasting itn-
posed by the Church. this holy
season of Lent should be, in an
especially manner. time OF earnest
prayer, OF sorrow for sins, of seclu-
sion from the world and It's amuse-
ments, and ofgenerous alms-giying.
II.
By virtue of an Indult TO the
United States. dated August 3, 1887,
and renewed for ten years. May %,
1897, the following special dispense
tons are granted:
/. The use of fesh.meat is per-
mitted at all meals on Sundays and
once a day on Mondays. Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. with the
exception OF the second and last Sat-
urdays of Lent. But fiesh-meat aud
fish are not 70 be used at the same
meal during Lent, even on Sundays.
z. The use of butter. cheese, milk
and eggs is also permitted every
day in Lent.
3. II is allowed to take in the
morning some warm liquid, as tea,
coffee or thin chocolate, made with
water, and with this liquid a mouth
full of bread.
4. Those for whom the hour OF
noon may be an inconvenient time
for dinner may inyert the order and
take their collation. in the morning
and their dinners in the evening.
8. The use of hogs lard or drip
pings, instead OF butter, is author
lied in preparing permitted food.
6. Persons exempt from the obi
CATION OF fasting are free to take
meat more than once on those DAYS
when its use is granted by dispense
ton.
By virtue of an Indult granted to
US by the Holy See March 10, 1895,
We permit TO all workingmen and
their families the use of flesh-meat
once a day on all fast days and abb
stinence days throughout the year,
with the exception of Fridays, Ash
Wednesday, the Wednesday and
Saturday of aoly 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 them
selves OF this Indult are not allowed
to use fiesh-meat and fish at
the same meal, and they are earnest
ly exhorted to perform some other
act of modification, such as abstin-
ence from intoxicating liquors.
"
LUG IuSCudl tiLuc eAtenUS from
the first Saturday of Lent till Trim.
ity Sunday, during which time all
Catholics who have attained tie
proper age are bound to receive
worthily the Holy Communion. The
holy season OF Lent is proper time
for children to make their first con-
fession, which they ought to do
generally at about the age of seven
years. Parents should see to this.
BY order of his Eminence the
Cardinal.
p. G. Gsvan, Chancellor.
State Treasury Statistics.