MissScripture Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 My friends and I were having a discussion about this. I was raised that you were allowed to do whatever you'd given up or not required to do what you had said you'd do on Sundays, because if you count up the days, the Sundays included, it's more than forty days. Some of my friends, however, can't believe that I don't count Sundays. What do you folks think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PVmelonhead91 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 i do count sundays but i dont have a problem if u dont .... i think its wimping out..but thats just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 It's up to the person, really. Your sacrifices, apart from fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, and abstianance on Fridays, are voluntary, so you decide how to do them. While we do call Lent "40 days of penance," the official canonical run is from Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday. And if Sundays in Lent didn't count, we wouldn't leave out the Gloria and the A*****a like we do. But it's also true that Sundays are feast days. So it's your call, really. Personally, I try to continue my personal penances on Sunday, but if I slip, I don't worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catholic Knight Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 No, sundays do not 'count' as a day of Lent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morostheos Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 My answer was that they don't count; however, the past couple of years my resolutions have had to do with praying more, and it just doesn't feel right to pray less on Sundays (especially since they are things I try to continue after Lent). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenchild17 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 [quote name='MissScripture' date='Mar 15 2006, 01:46 PM']My friends and I were having a discussion about this. I was raised that you were allowed to do whatever you'd given up or not required to do what you had said you'd do on Sundays, because if you count up the days, the Sundays included, it's more than forty days. Some of my friends, however, can't believe that I don't count Sundays. What do you folks think? [right][snapback]912654[/snapback][/right] [/quote] No Sundays don't count. Sunday is a feast day, a holy day, a day to be celebrating, not suffering. I'll see if there's anything more authoritative on the issue though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scardella Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 It's all up to the faster, IMO. You can argue it either way. You can say that it would heighten the understanding of sundays as mini-Easters or that you appreciate Easter proper even more if you go uninterrupted up to Easter. I wind up saying that it depends on the nature of the fast. If you're giving up something addictive, say caffiene, and you began Lent addicted to it, it's probably better to go uninterrupted. However, if it is something more a disciplinary thing, eg sweets, then I'd probably say to celebrate Easter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktbeth Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 [quote name='PVmelonhead91' date='Mar 15 2006, 03:50 PM']i do count sundays but i dont have a problem if u dont .... i think its wimping out..but thats just me. [right][snapback]912657[/snapback][/right] [/quote] agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toledo_jesus Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I gave up meat and I am fasting every day for Lent. Sundays are like mini-Christmas for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dspen2005 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 wimp... i add my support to those, like me, who continue their LEnten sacrifices through Sundays.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prose Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 It isn't a matter of it being "up to" anyone. The Church teaches that Sundays are not a day of sacrafice during Lent because it is the day of Mass, which is a celebration day. That is what our Archbishop taught at a lenten retreat I went on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PVmelonhead91 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 i understand that it doesnt count as lent but then you find yourself saying im gonna give blank up but i can have it every sunday. and i dont think u can give something up knowing that your gonna have a break in 6 days.thats like saying to god im gonna not do this for lent except ontheese days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidei Defensor Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I have given up pop/soda/coke (ha) for the past couple of lents, because i get seriously addicted to it, and I generally dont drink it on Sundays because then I become addicted again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PVmelonhead91 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 exactly if you use sunday as a releif it doesnt count Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Sundays are never days of penance, but it is a bigger sacrifice to stay the course. It is a personal choice, not a law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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