Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-03-03

All the week days of Lent, from
Ash Wednesday to noon on Holy Sat-
urday, are Fasting Days Of Precept.
Wednesdays and Fridays Cby special
indult) and Ember Saturday are days
Of both Fast and Abstinence.
On Sundays in Lent, there is neither
Fast nor Abstinence.
II.
The law Of Fasting ordains that on
ly one full meal day may be taken
either at noon or in the evening with
a. small portion Of food in. the morn
ing and a moderate collation. at lunch
or supper, according to the time select
ed for the principal meal.
: AT breakfast, a small piece Of bread
with. a. cup Of coffee, tea, chocolate or
cocoa may be taken.
At dinner, there is no restriction ex-
cept that imposed by the virtue of
temperance and the spirit of the peni-
tential 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 moderate COLA
tion without meat is allowed.
III.
On days Of Fasting and Abstinence,
wednesdays, and Fridays and Ember
Saturday. the use Of meat and Of
broth made from meat, is prohibited;
otherwise the regulations are the samc'
as on days Of Fasting only.
".
Dripping and lard may always be
used in preparing food.
V.
The church excuses from the obliga
tion Of Fasting:
/. All persons under 21 and over
50 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, convalescent, persons
with weak constitutions, those whose
work is of laborious and ,exhaustin!
character, women in delicate health
and condition are not obliged to OBJ
serve the law of Fasting.
/ 8. Those excused or dispensed from,
Fasting may eat meat at all meals on
meat days.
vi.
The church excuses from the obliga.
ton Of Abstinence:
l. AL children under the compile
tion Of their seventh year.
2. All who by reason Of sickness
and enfeebled health cannot observe
the precept.
3. By a special indult granted tt
the bishops of the United States, dated
March Is, 1895, working people who
cannot easily observe the common law
of the church are dispensed from the
obligation of Abstinence on all days OF
the year, except Fridays; Ash Wednes
day., the Wednesday in Holy Week
the forenoon Of Holy Saturday and
Christmas Eve. This dispensation in
cludes not only the individual work
ing man in whose favor it is granted
but all the members of his family as
; we'll.
The church expressly recommends
that all who for any reason are excused
or dispensed from Fasting or Absti
| nence practice modification in eating
and drinking according to their abili
! ty. They should also substitute fol
! the Fast or Abstinence some pious
work such as attendance at the Len
ten dcvotions and the Stations of the
Cross and Almsgiving to the poor.
VIII.
| Those who doubt whether they are
| excused from the observance Of Fast
ing or Of Abstinence should consult
their confessor, who is the proper
Judge in such questions, and is ,alse
empowered in individual case to dis
pense from Fast and Abstinence fo1
valid reasons.
TX.
BY special indult, the time for com
plying with the precept of Pascha
7 Communion extends from the first Sun
| day in Lent to- Trinity Sunday, inclu
-: / JOSEPH F: BUSCH, .
-: Bishop Of st. Cloud
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