The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-20
RULES FOR LENT
ARE GIVEN OUT
LENTEN REGULATIONS AS PRO-
MULGATED BY REV. FATHER
MIHELCIC.

and the first day of the Lenten sea-
son. The following regulations have
been given out by the church through
Father Frank Mihelcic for the guild
ance of the members of this parish
An the week days of Lent, from
Ash Wednesday noon on Holy Sat-
urday, are fasting days of precept.
Wednesdays and Fridays (by
special indult) and Ember, Saturday
February 28} are days of both fast
and abstinence.
On Sundays in Lent there is neither
fast nor abstinence.
The law of fasting ordains that
only one full meal day may be tax.
en- either at noon or in the evening
with a small portion of food in the
morning and moderate collation. at
lunch or supper, according to the
time selected for the principal meal.
At breakfast, small piece of
bread with a cup of coffee, tea, choc-
olate or cocoa may be taken.
At dinner, there is no restriction
except that imposed by the virtue of
temperance and the spirit of the pen
itential season. The use of fish and
flesh at the same meal on fast days
and on Sundays in Lent is no longer
forbidden.
AT lunch or supper q moderate col
lation without meat is allowed.
On days of fasting and abstinence,
"wednesday and Fridays and Ember-
Saturday,, the use of meat and of
broth made of meat, is prohibited,
otherwise the regulations are the
same as on days of fasting only.
Drippings and lard may always be
used in preparing food.
The church excuses from the obi
cation of fasting:
1. All under twenty-one and over
fifty-nine years of age, irrespective
of their physical condition.
2. All whose health would be seri-
ously impaired, or who would be pre-
vented by fasting from properly per-
forming their ordinary duties, conse-
quently, the sick, convalescents, per-
sons with weak constitutions. Those
whose work is of laborious and ex-
hausting character, women in delicate
health condition, are not obliged to
observe the law of fasting.
The church excuses from the obi
CATION Of abstinence:
l.. All children until the compile
tion of their seventh year.
2. All who by reason of sickness
and enfeebled health cannot observe
the precept.
8. By special indult granted to
the bishops Of the United States, dat
ed March Is, 1845, working people
who cannot easily observe the COM
mon law of the church are dispensed
from the obligations of abstinence.
(They are, from the very nature OF
their work, not bound by the law of
fasting) on all days of the year, ex-
cept Fridays, Ash Wednesday, the
Wednesday in Holy Week, Good Fri
day, the forenoon of Holy Saturday,
and Christmas eve. This dispensation
includes not only the Individual work
ingmen in whose favor it is granted
but all the members of his family as
well.
The church expressly recommends
that all who for any reason are ex.
cused or dispensed from fasting OF
abstinence should practice modifca-
ton in eating and drinking accord
ing to their ability. They should also
substitute for the fast or abstinence
some pious work such as attendance
at the Lenten devotions and the Sta.
tions of the Cross and almsgving to
the poor.
Those who doubt whether they are
excused from the observance of fast.
ling or of abstinence should consult
their confessor, who is the prope,
Judge IN such questions, and is alse
empowered in individual cases to dis
pense from fast or abstinence fol
valid reasons.
| BY special indult the time for com
plying with the precept of Pascha
Communion extends from the frs
Sunday in Lent to Trinity Sundey- in