The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-25
.LENTEN SEASON
BEGINS. RULES
OF OBSERVANCE
SPECIAL SERVICES WILL BE CON-
QUOTED AT THE CATHOLIC
CHURCHES OF THE CITY DUR
ING THE PERIOD.

/ The Lenten season began at mid
night and this morning, as well as
throughout the season, special ser
. vices viii be conducted at the various
Catholic churches of the city.
/ At Sacred Heart mass will be said
this morning at $50 o'clock and again
tonight at 1880 o'clock. The regular
: Lenten services will be conducted each
morning at $50 O'Clock excepting
Mondays, when services will be at S 80
/ o'clock Lenten devotion will be on
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday even
ings at T:30 O'Clock.
Bishop Allen has issued the follow
ing rules for Lent:
I. All The faithful who have COM
pleted their twentyf1rst year and who
have not begun their sixtieth year, and
who are not exempted from the obi
cation of fasting by sickness. hard
work or other we'll known reasons
are obliged to fast on all the days of
Lent except Sundays.
>. On those days but one full meal
is allowed, which should not be taken
before noon.
3. Custom allows a cup of coffee,
tea or thin chocolate. and a small piece
of bread or a cracker. 10 be taken in
the morning; and in the evening. a
collation., not exceeding the fourth
part of an ordinary meal, IS allowed.
At this collation., bitter. cheese, milk,
eggs and all kinds of fruit fish, and
vegetables are allowed. When the
principal meal cannot without grave
inconvenience be taken at noon, it is
permissible to take the collation. in the
morning and the dinner in The evening.
4. Abstinence from the use of flesh
meat is enjoined on all the Wednes-
days and Fridays of Lent and on the
Saturday Of Fmber Week ana on Holy
Saturday.
5. The use of lard is allowed in
cooking.
8. Fish and flesh are not allowed at
the same meal, even on Sundays.
=. Persons exempted from the obi
CATION of fasting are not bound by
the restriction of using meat but once
4 day on the days in which the use Of
meat is permitted by dispensation
s. Children over seven years Of age
are bound by the law Of abstinence,
unless excused by sickness or other
causes.
8. The pasChai time. in which ali
Catholics who have come To the years
of discretion are bound to receive Holy |
Communion worthily, extends from the
first Sunday of Lent till Trinity Sun
day, inclusive. Children over seven
years of age are bound by the pre-
cept OF Annual Confession and Com
Pastors and parents should see |
that the children comply with this /
duty.
10. The Holy season of Lent is i !
time of prayer, of sorrow for sin, of |
seclusion from the world and its !
and of generous aims /
giving.
IL. By special indult granted TO the /
Bishops of the United States and re- |
newed IN 1906, working people. who /
cannot easily observe the common law
Of the church, are dispeTcd from the /
of abstinence on all days
Of the year, except Fridays. Ash We'd /
ncsday, Holy Week and Christmas Eve.
This dispensation does not exempt /
from the additional obligation Of fast /
ing, where such exists, nor does it
the use of fish and flesh ut /
the same meal 1t includes, however,
not only the individual workmen to /
whose favor it is granted, but all the
members of their families IS well. In /
return It is expected that those who
avail themselves of this induit will /
endeaVor to enter into the spirit of
the holy season of Lent by voluntary
acts of modification, penance and
A most praiseworthy
custom IS N that of abstaining during
lent from stimulants, in honor of the
Sacred Thirst of Our Divine Saviour. d
Those who entertain any reasonable
doubt ab 1ut their obligation TO fast
or abstain. ought to apply to their pas
or or confessor for advice.