Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-03-02

Reaslatleae ses Leaf
The regulations for Lent prepared
! by Rev. P. G. Gavan. Chancellor Of
the Archdiocese OF Baltimore. under
' instructions from Cardinal Gibbons,
are as follows:
Ash Wednesday. the first day OF
Lent, falls on the LIST day Of March.
/. All the faithful who have com
pleted their t-enty-6rst year, un-
less exempt by dispsnsation or some
other legitimate cause, are bound 20
observe the fast OF Lent.
o They are 20 make one meal only
o day. except on Sundays.
3. A small reireshmsnt.s commonly
called COLLATION.. Is permitted In the
evening.
4. The following persons are OK
emps from obligations OF fasting:
Persons under twenty one years OF
age, the sick. nursing women. these
who are obliged TO do hard labor.
aud those who. through weakness,
cannot fast without great prejudice
20 their health.
8 The faithful are reminded shat,
besides the obligations ofiassinQ i'm
posed by the Church. this holy sea-
SOD OF Lent should be, In an especi-
al manner, a time Of earnest prayer,
| Of sorrow for sins. OF ssclusion from
the world and its amusemen's, and
Of generous slmsRivinR.
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By virtue Ian Indus TO the Unit
cd States the following special dis
pensations are granted:
/ Taeu,e OF lash msat To- per-
mi,ted at all meals 90 Sunday and
once q day on Moodays. Tuesdays,
Thursdays. and Saturdays, With the
exception OF the second and last Sal
urdays OF Lent. But q Oh. meat
and 6>h are not to be used % the
same meal during Lent, even on
Sundays.
2. The use OF butter. cheese. milk
and eggs is also permitted every
dsv In Lent.
3. 1t is allowed In the morning 20
take some warm liquid. as tea, coffee.
or thin chocolate, made with water.
aud with this liquid o mouthful Of
bread
4. Those for whom the hour OF
noon NAV be an ineonvenisnt time
for dinner may invert the order and
take their COLLATION. In the morning
and their dinner In the evening.
3. The use OF hogs lard or drip
dinRs. instead Of butter, Is authors
ed in preparing permitted food.
6. Person exempt from The obi.
CATION OF flstin9 are free TO take
meat more than once on DAYS wien
its use Is granted by di. psnsatios.
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By virtue OF an Indult granted 70
US by the Holy See March 10. 1885.
and renewed until March ID 1915.
we permit to all workinamen and
their families the use OF hesh-meas
ouce a dsv on all fast days and ss-
stiuence days throughout the year,
With the exception OF Fridays, Ash
Wednesday, the Wednesday and
Saturday OF Holy Week and the Eve
Of Christmas.
Those who ara exempt from the
obligation OF fasting are free 10 take
meat more than once on the days
mentioned. Those who avail them
selves OF this Indultars nos allowed
70 use desh-msat and Ash at the
same meal, and they are earnestly
exhorted TO perform some other act
OF modification, such as abstinence
form intoxicating quors.
w
The Pasehal time extends fro n
the first Sunday OF Lent bill Trinity
, SUNDAY. during which time al Ca
, tholics who have affair Cd the proper
age are bound 10 rscei'e worthily
? the Holy Communion. The holy
. SO asOn of LINT is tery proper
\ time for children 10 mate their 6rs,
confession, which they ought 10 dc
. genera ly al about the tge OF seven
years. Parents should see 20 this
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