Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-16
LtNIfN REGULATIONS

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Churches Of Diocsse
Sunday II
The Lenten regulations for the
Catholics of the Dluc.se of st. ClOuA
has bsen given out by the 1t. Rev.
James Trobec, blsbop Of the ulocese.
They are as foll.,ws: -. =, - III =. 81
Lent l,eglns on ASH Wednesday. All,
the faithful, unless .legi,lmately ex-5
cused or dispensed, are bound in .con-s
science, under the penalty of grevious
sin, to observe the Lenten regulations.
THE LENTEN FAST 2
All the Gays of Lent, the Sundays:
exc pied, are days of fast, 81
The precept OF fast restrict the use Of
fOod to one full m towards the
MIDDLE of the Gay, and collation. in
the evening, not exceeding the fonrth
part of a full meal-custom, no We yer, ,aus
thorizing the taking in the morning of
cup OF coffee, tea or chocolate, with a.
small piece of bread. 81
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 prln
cipal repast cannot be taken without
serious Inconvenience towards the
middle of the day, the order of repa>ts
may he reversed, the full or principal.
repast belng taken IN the evening. and
the collation. at en- earlier hour of the
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The use of flesh meat is allowed at
all meals on Sunday, and at the prin-:
cipal meal on Mondays. tuesdays,
THURSDAYS and Saturdays, except the
Saturday of Ember Week and the Sat
uraay of Holy Week. !,
The use OF flesh meat, therefore, is
fcrbldden at all meals on Weunesdavs,
F1iuays, the Saturday of Ember Week-
and the Saturday of HOLY Week; and
on other days, outside of Sundays, it
is TO, hidden at other repasts, outside
the one full meal. i
The use ut lard is permitted at all
times in the preparation of food. !
Both fish an flesh meat cannot be
taken at the same meal, even on Sum
days !,
Persons legitlmately excused or dis
pensed from the precept Of tasting may
use flesh meat ut all meals on what
ever day. there is a general PERMISSION
to use it at the principal meal. -
EXEMPTIONS FROM THE PRE-
CEPTS Of FAST AND AB- !.
STINENCE. ~s,.ssrii
From the precept of fast are: excusedk
:Eshiose, under the 1ge s=pf. twonty gn6s
years or over the age of sixty the Id.
firm and the convalescent; women,
bearing or nursing children; persons
engaged in hard labor or otner duties
exhaustive of physical strength; per-
sons who from poverty are unable to
procure for the principal meal suffi-
cheney of nurritive food.
From the precept Of abstinence ara
excused: the young under the age OF
seven years; the sick; persons who arc
so situated as not to be able to procure
for themselves abstinence TODD.
PECIAL EXEMPTION FOR
WORKING PEOPLE,"
In virtue of the authority conceded
to Bishops In the United States by a
, recent Ponti6cal Indult. permission is
granted to working people, to use
meat on all days of Lent, with the ex-
ception of Fridays, Ash Wednesday,
the Wednesday and the Saturday of
Holy Week.
This dlspensation 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 me mbers
of his household may likewise use it.
The church does not wish to impose
upon the household the Inconvenience
OF double cooking. But, in cases of
this kind, the members of the house
hold who are bound by the precept of
fast, are allowed the use of meat only
their principal meal.
! The Sovereign Pontiff exhorts all
who make use OF the privileges of the
Indult to be still mindful of their duty
to practice eelf-denial; and he counsels
that instead of the abstinence from
meat some other sacrifice of bodily
comfort be practiced, the Sovereign
Pontiff himself suggesting as such
sacrifice abstinence from intoxicating
, drink. -
[DAYS OF FAST AND ABSTINENCE
OUTSIDE The LENIEN SEASON.
The days OF fat and abstinence oc-
curing outside the Lenten. Season dur.
ing the year are the Ember days and
the Vigils of Holy days. The Vigils
will be: The Vigil OF Pentecost. that
OF the Assumption, that of All SAINTS,
and that of Christmas. :;
! Al. Fridays are, of course. days of
abstinence. -: -. -
The Pontifical 1ndult, Of which we
have spoken, exempts working
people from abstinence on Vigils and
Ember days, except when such VIglls
and Ember Gays fall On Friday and
on such days the 1ndult also exempt
from abstinence, in: the same con.
ditions as for the Lenten Season, the
members Of the household of the wage.
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Pastors will make their fIocks in the
usual terms due announcements of an.
preaching Ember day, AMI Yigils-
adding to such announcements a stat.