The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-03-16


The Gazette should have also
stated that the other members, with
the exception of John Lind, who
voted squarely against the measure,
dodged-and were recorded as mot
voting" Yet every mothers son
of them knew the item was in the
bill and if it had passed every
mothers son of them would have
taken the graft. For our part we
prefer men who vote wrong and
are willing to shoulder the re-
sponsibility of their action TO those
who cowardly dodge the issue but
are eager and willing to profit by
the wrongful action of others.
Lenten Regulations Of the Diocese
Of St. Cloud.
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday
All the faithful. unless legitmately
excused or dispensed, are bound in
conscience, under the penalty oil
grevious sin, to observe the Lenten
regulations.
THE LENTEN FAST.
All the days of Lent, the Sundays
excepted, are days of fast.
The precept of fast restricts the use
of food to one full meal towards the
middle of the day, and collation. in
the evening not exceeding the fourth
part of full meal-custom, however,
authorizing 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
repast cannot be taken without serious
inconvenience towards the middle OF
the day, the order of repasts may be
reversed, the full meal or principal
repast being taken in the evening,
and the collation. at an earlier hour
of the day.
THE LENTEN ABSTINENCE.
The use of flesh meat is allowed at
all meals on Sundays, and at the
principal meal on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, except the
Saturday of Ember Week and the
Saturday of Holy Week.
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 leSitmately excused or dis
pensed from the precept of fasting
may use flesh meat at all meals On
whatever day there is general permits
sion to use it at the principal meal.
EXEMPTIONS FROM THE PRECEPTS OF
FAST AND ABSTINENCE.
From the precept of fast are excused:
Those under the age of twenty.one
years Or over the age of sixty; the in.
firm and the convalescent; women
bearing or nursing children; persons
engaged in hard labor or other duties
exhaustive of physical streegth; per.
sons who from poverty are unable to
procure for the principle meal a sui.
fiency of nutritive food.
From the precept of abstinence are
excused: The young under the age
of seven years; the sick; persons who
are so situated as not to be able tc
procure for themselves abstinence
food.
SPECIAL EXEMPTION FOR "wORKING
PEOPLE.
In virtue of the authority conceded
to Bishops in the United States by a
recent Pontificial Indult, permission
is granted to working people'' to
use meat on all days of Lent, with
the exception of Fridays, Ash Wednes.
day, the Wednesday and the Saturday
of Holy Week.
This dispensation from abstinence
extends to all three meals in the day
The usual prohibition remains
against using flesh meat and fish at
the same meal.
Where the wage-earner, in virtue OF
the Indult, uses meat, all the mem.
bers of his household may likewise
use it. The church does not wish to
impose upon the household the in.