The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-03-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
How Date of Easter is Calculated
Abstinence Days in Lent.

| abstinence Lays HI A-ehts
We extract the following timely in
formation from the Questions ant
Answers Department of last Sunday
Times-Picayune:
Question:: Please tell me VIII.
Easter cannot occur earlier than ;
certain date in March or later than ;
fixed date in April, and why Mard
Gras occurs on-irregular dates?
Answer: The Jewish months being
lunar, and the months of our owl
calendar neither lunar nor in any wa,
astronomic, Easter is movable festi
val. 'It is always the first Sunday
after the full moon which happens or
or next after the twenty-first day OF
March, and if the full moon happens
on Sunday, Easter day is the Sun
day after" The foregoing directions
for calculating Easter were COPIED
into the Episcopal prayer book from
the act of the. English parliament
for the change from the old to the
new style. They are faulty in two
respects. They substitute the full
moon for the fourteenth day Of the
Jewish month Ahib, and the moon Of
the heaven for the calendar moon.
Easter may be as early as March %,
and as late as April 25. For the
method of calculating it for any in
dividual year, see the Episcopal
prayer book. Easter regulates all the
other movable feasts of the ecclesias-
teal year, and as Mardi Gras or
Shrove Tuesday is the Tuesday fol
lowing Quinquagesima Sunday, which
is always the fftieth day before
Easter (both inclusive), its date must
accordingly move forward or back
ward with that of Easter.
Question: Will you kindly give me
an account of and list of the days Of
abstinence during Lent?
Answer: The Catholic Encyclo-
pedia gives the application Of the law
relating to abstinence days during
Lent as follows: Diversity in Gus
toms, in climate, and in prices of
food have gradually paved the way
for notifications Of the law of alb
stinence. Throughout the United
States the ordinary Saturday is no
longer a day Of abstinence. During
Lent, in virtue of an indult, the faith
full are allowed to eat meat at their
principal meal on Mondays, Tues
days, Thursdays, and Saturdays, the
second and last Saturdays excepted.
The use of meat on such days is not
restricted to the principal meal for
such as are exempt from fasting by
reason of ill-health, age, or laborious
occupations. Eggs, milk, butter and
cheese, formerly prohibited, are now
permitted without restriction as far as
the day of the week is concerned.
The use of lard, or dripping, in pre-
pairing fish and vegetables at all meals
and on all days is allowed by an in
dult issued August 8, 1887. 1t is
never lawful to take fish with flesh, at
the same meal, during Lent, Sum
days included. At other times this is
not prohibited. On Wednesdays and
Fridays, as well as on the second and
last Saturdays Of Lent, flesh meat is
not permitted. Wednesdays, Fri
days and Saturdays during Ember
Week are still days Of abstinence and
fasting"
When to Take Chamberlain Tablets.
When you feel dull and stupid after
eating.
When constipated or bilious.
When you have sick headache.
When you have a sour stomach.
When you beleh after eating.
When you have Indigestion.
When nervous or respondent.
When you have no relish for your
meals.
When your liver is torpid.
obtainable everywhere. {Adv.)
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bors buy out of town, what in thun-
der will become Of our town.
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