Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
LENT COMMENCES
TOMORROW.
Forty Days of Fasting. Rules For the
Catholic Churches.

The Lenten season begins tomor-
row, Wednesday, March lst, and will
be observed by many churches as
preparation for the great feast OF
Easter
The rules for the observance of lent
| in all Catholic churches are as follows
l. All Fridays and fast-days during
the year are days of abstinence from
flesh meat On Saturdays, which by
law are also days of abstinence, flesh
meat is allowed by apostolic indnlt at
all meals, unless they happen to be
fast-days
2. The following are the fast-days
of obligation: All days of Lent lex
cept Sundays); the Ember-days: the
| Vigils or Ewes of Pentecost, Of the
Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary,
of All Saints, and of Christmas; lastly,
the Fridays of Advent.
On fast-days only one full meal a
day is allowed to persons obliged to
fast. But indult and custom allow
coffee, tea, chocolate, with piece OF
bread in the morning, and the use OF
eggs, butter, milk, ETC., in the eve
ming. For sufficient reason, the COLA
tion (lunch) may be taken at noon
and the dinner or principal meal in
the evening.
During Lent by apostolic indult
fieSh-meat is allowed only at the pr1rl-
cipal meal on week days except ali
Wednesdays and Fridays and also
Saturdays in Ember week March III,
and Holy Week april 15). On fast
days, fesh-meat and fish Including
oysters, crabs, frogs, turtles, etc. are
never allowed at the same meal, a
rule which applies even TO the Sun
days in Lent and to all persons other
wise excused or dispensed from the
law of either abstinence or fasts. But
meals may be always prepared With
the drippings of either fat or lard.
Persons excused from fast may use
tieSh-meat more than once on the days
when it is allowed at all, whether in
Lent or outside of that season.
3. Catholics having attained the
sufficient use of reason are bound by
the law of abstinence. But when it
is either physically or morally i'm
possible to observe the law, or when
it would entail serious difficulties,
they are excused from it.
By virtue of the apostolic faculties
granted us by the Holy See we hereby
delegate pastors to dispense, in each.
single case, from abstinence the men
actually engaged in threshing as well
as the farmer families at whose place
threshing is going on.
4. Catholic having completed their
twenty-tirSt year of age, are bound to.
fast. But the causes just mentioned
in regard to abstinence, apply also to
the law of fasting. Hence the church
ordinarily eXempts from fasting the
sick and those in feeble health
whether by sickness or old age;
women nursing children; all who are
engaged i'm laborious and eXhausting
occupations. Persons in doubt whether
they are excused or not, should con-
suit their cOnfeSSor or pastor for adj
vice or dispensation.
In virtue of an apostolic indult we
permit wOrkingmen and their fami-
lies the use of flesh meat at the prin-
cipal common meal on all fast days
and abstinence days throughout the
year, with the exception Of all Fri
days, Ash Wednesdays, the Wednes-
day and Saturday of Holy Week and
the Eve of Christmas.
5. Persons excused or dispensed
from the law of fast or abstinence
ought to perform some other good
works of piety and charity in the
spirit of Christian penance and sane
LITIGATION. Hence the pious custom
of giving Lenten aims. REDEEM
thou thy sins with aims, and thy in
Equities with works of mercy" Dan.
iv., "a. Also the custom of abstain
ing from intoxicating drinks, of stay
ing away from theaters, dances, card
parties and other profane amuse-
menfS etc.