https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:01:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1458340 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:05:50 +0000 LovelyPlum 1458340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Happygal: fact! Complaining about it defeats the purpose :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1458313 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:58:44 +0000 Happygal 1458313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our church gave up sugar during the week, then we ate sugary stuff together on Sunday. I didn't really do this, but I did eat the snacks on Sunday. </p> <p>I would consider it if I read more about it and felt like it would be a growing experience. Mainly my friends who do it complain about it during Lent, which is what I do not want to do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1458258 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:45:37 +0000 Mrs. J 1458258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: so interesting!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1457923 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:15:55 +0000 Alivoo01 1457923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1457879 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:55:05 +0000 looch 1457879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: I learned something today!</p> <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/04/05/150061991/lust-lies-and-empire-the-fishy-tale-behind-eating-fish-on-friday" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/04/05/150061991/lust-lies-and-empire-the-fishy-tale-behind-eating-fish-on-friday</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1457866 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:49:51 +0000 tinyperson 1457866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1457801 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:27:39 +0000 Mrs. J 1457801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TemperanceBrennan: earlier in history, the Catholic Church used to run the fish markets, hence fish are ok.</p> <p>Yes, I observe it because I am Catholic. No meat on Ash Wed or Fridays, and I think I am going to give up sweets this year. I also try to be kinder in general. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1457678 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:54:20 +0000 rattles 1457678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do. It's a time where we have lots of family rituals that call us back to our faith and one another. I could use that this year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1457307 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:26:46 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1457307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: Thanks! That makes sense. I'm in WI, and most restaurants do fish frys every Friday all throughout the year, so most Catholics (the ones I know anyway) just go to restaurants on Friday. </p> <p>The church I grew up in had soup suppers on Fridays during lent that I guess were fundraisers too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1457297 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:22:49 +0000 LovelyPlum 1457297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: @singingbee: I didn't know that! I think I'll try to abstain, but I guess if I feel like I need the protein, that's good to know!</p> <p>And I told DH that if I go into labor on Good Friday (9 days after my due date), he probably gets a free pass, too :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1457161 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 08:48:58 +0000 avivoca 1457161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like to give up something bad and add something good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1457077 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 08:00:09 +0000 LindsayInNY 1457077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use to give something up from high school through law school. I haven't in recent years though. I wanted to do the reverse and add something positive but haven't really followed through (despite my good intentions!). I would really like to stick with no meat on Fridays again though... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1457045 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 07:38:23 +0000 looch 1457045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: I have never heard of this, regarding the money.</p> <p>I feel that the reason was more a case of supply and demand a long time ago, kind of like the Italian Christmas Eve fish dinner. My mom contends that she was taught by the nuns that there just wasn't a lot of beef available to eat, so people ate fish out of necessity. And Jesus Christ was the fisher of men and the symbol of Christianity in the early years was a fish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1457027 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 07:21:21 +0000 singingbee 1457027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: from the Catholic bishops site:</p> <p>Q. Are there exemptions other than for age from the requirement to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday?</p> <p>A. Those that are excused from fast and abstinence outside the age limits include the physically or mentally ill including individuals suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes. Also excluded are pregnant or nursing women. In all cases, common sense should prevail, and ill persons should not further jeopardize their health by fasting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1456845 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:53:32 +0000 jedeve 1456845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@singingbee: really? Huh. I don't fast when pregnant or nursing but do abstain. </p> <p>Except I guess last Ash Wednesday LO was about a month old and I wolfed down some leftover sausage before mass. So I take that back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1456839 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:42:44 +0000 singingbee 1456839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: nor when you are nursing! It's fasting and abstaining. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1456794 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:08:24 +0000 Marfi 1456794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I grew up Methodist and we never gave anything up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1456758 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:44:07 +0000 LovelyPlum 1456758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, we're Catholic :) But fun fact: you don't have to fast when you're pregnant, so there's that ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1456449 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:57:46 +0000 singingbee 1456449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I'm Catholic. I even teach at a Catholic school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1456443 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:55:23 +0000 MediaNaranja 1456443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: amen to the fish frys :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1456401 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:38:24 +0000 lawbee11 1456401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1456352 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:24:46 +0000 prettylizy 1456352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not catholic but went to catholic school for 10 years so I used to give up things with/for school. Haven't since I graduated though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1456347 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:23:01 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1456347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1456340 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:20:40 +0000 Bao 1456340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope but I have attempted to give things up in the past. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1456092 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:00:41 +0000 MrsADS 1456092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we do. Although the last few years we haven't given anything up because I don't think it really does much to help us understand Lent and the sacrifice. Instead, we try to give up time usually spent doing something else to pray or read Scripture. Mostly this consists of going to a church service on Wednesday evenings during the weeks of Lent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1456061 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:52:49 +0000 jedeve 1456061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TemperanceBrennan: good point. Technically you are supposed to take the money you save on not eating meat and give it to charity. The fish fries are usually fund raisers, so pretty much the same deal. </p> <p>Restaurants doing lobster promotions though is totally not the point though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1455906 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:40:26 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1455906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, but most of DH's family does so we make plans around their choices. </p> <p>I never understood the reasoning behind giving up most meat (fish is meat though, right?) so we can reflect on what it means to sacrifice, but instead have big dinners of fish fries. It seems counter-intuitive to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1455894 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:36:59 +0000 jetsa 1455894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I'm Catholic :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1455875 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:31:43 +0000 LuLu Mom 1455875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not usually, however we don't eat meat on Friday's because DH was Catholic. So we continue that tradition because it is important to him. I might start giving things up again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-observe-lent#post-1455826 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:18:28 +0000 Kimberlybee 1455826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes I always like observe Lent. </p> <p>@jedeve: very profound! :heart: </p>