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Post by kls on Jan 13, 2018 21:01:57 GMT
I don't bother with not eating meat on Friday. As for giving up something it's usually more like giving something or doing something good for others.
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Post by clusium on Jan 13, 2018 21:27:17 GMT
I don't bother with not eating meat on Friday. As for giving up something it's usually more like giving something or doing something good for others. Yes, I try to observe Lenten traditions, such as giving up something or other. I also try to go to the Stations of the Cross on Fridays too. |
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 13, 2018 22:15:53 GMT
klsI don’t, to be honest (for my sins  ), and I’d have to suppose that (to answer your question) most Catholics nowadays don’t either (at least, not that I know). Not to bore the lot of you here with my own religious history, but there was a period in which I attended the Tridentine Mass at a lovely church in Newton Centre and tried to keep up with some more of the Catholic Church’s older traditions: no meat on any Friday, for example. I have gone back to that church, but I’m not exactly that person any more. I do admire those people who do hold on to those old traditions (in whatever church or religion), however. I do still wish, however, that they’d reform the Mass again; I can’t stand the Novus Ordo, which tends to take the mystery and magic out of the whole thing. A nice middle ground between the EF and the OF, akin to the Anglican Use (which I have also attended), would be nice.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jan 13, 2018 22:43:56 GMT
I don't bother with not eating meat on Friday. As for giving up something it's usually more like giving something or doing something good for others. Yes, I try to observe Lenten traditions, such as giving up something or other. I also try to go to the Stations of the Cross on Fridays too. Oh God, the Stations of the Cross were Holy Hell. Probably one of the reasons I am no longer a Catholic. |
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Post by maya55555 on Jan 13, 2018 23:45:40 GMT
THEM1GHTYHUMPH
WOW!
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Post by clusium on Jan 14, 2018 0:09:00 GMT
Yes, I try to observe Lenten traditions, such as giving up something or other. I also try to go to the Stations of the Cross on Fridays too. Oh God, the Stations of the Cross were Holy Hell. Probably one of the reasons I am no longer a Catholic. You left the Catholic Church BECAUSE OF THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS?!?! WOW!!!!
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jan 14, 2018 0:12:24 GMT
Oh God, the Stations of the Cross were Holy Hell. Probably one of the reasons I am no longer a Catholic. You left the Catholic Church BECAUSE OF THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS?!?! WOW!!!!
I said probably one of the reasons. There were plenty more. |
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Post by kls on Jan 14, 2018 0:21:15 GMT
You left the Catholic Church BECAUSE OF THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS?!?! WOW!!!!
I said probably one of the reasons. There were plenty more. Can't you just not do The Stations Of The Cross? I don't think I have since Confirmation class. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jan 14, 2018 1:03:53 GMT
I said probably one of the reasons. There were plenty more. Can't you just not do The Stations Of The Cross? I don't think I have since Confirmation class. Another reason.......8 years of nuns |
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Post by clusium on Jan 14, 2018 1:05:58 GMT
You left the Catholic Church BECAUSE OF THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS?!?! WOW!!!!
I said probably one of the reasons. There were plenty more. Yes, but, why would that particular devotion even be a reason at all? |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jan 14, 2018 1:10:43 GMT
I said probably one of the reasons. There were plenty more. Yes, but, why would that particular devotion even be a reason at all? Because it really sucked having to do the stations of the cross. |
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Post by clusium on Jan 14, 2018 1:14:39 GMT
Yes, but, why would that particular devotion even be a reason at all? Because it really sucked having to do the stations of the cross. Oh well. I guess we all have our different tastes. I personally like doing the Stations of the Cross. |
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Post by kls on Jan 14, 2018 1:14:51 GMT
Can't you just not do The Stations Of The Cross? I don't think I have since Confirmation class. Another reason.......8 years of nuns Nuns? Did you go to Catholic school? I went to public. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jan 14, 2018 1:18:29 GMT
Another reason.......8 years of nuns Nuns? Did you go to Catholic school? I went to public. Yep, Catholic School |
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Post by kls on Jan 14, 2018 1:22:30 GMT
Nuns? Did you go to Catholic school? I went to public. Yep, Catholic School My parents never really considered that for my sisters and me. |
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Post by clusium on Jan 14, 2018 1:22:52 GMT
Another reason.......8 years of nuns Nuns? Did you go to Catholic school? I went to public. I mostly went to public school. However, I do 2 years of Catholic school. |
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Post by clusium on Jan 14, 2018 1:24:53 GMT
Nuns? Did you go to Catholic school? I went to public. Yep, Catholic School I attended a Catholic elementary school for 2 years. Coincidentally, the only 2 teachers I ever had a strong dislike for, I had at this particular school. Fortunately, they were both substitute teachers.  That said, neither one of them were a priest or a nun. |
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Post by kls on Jan 14, 2018 1:28:53 GMT
I attended a Catholic elementary school for 2 years. Coincidentally, the only 2 teachers I ever had a strong dislike for, I had at this particular school. Fortunately, they were both substitute teachers. That said, neither one of them were a priest or a nun. My grandmother on my dad's side went to Catholic school. She said in first grade she used to have he left hand smacked with a ruler if she was holding a pencil or writing with it. Turned her into a righty. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jan 14, 2018 1:29:07 GMT
My parents never really considered that for my sisters and me. Your parents were wise in that decision. |
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Post by kls on Jan 14, 2018 1:30:11 GMT
My parents never really considered that for my sisters and me. Your parents were wise in that decision. They pretty much picked where we moved when I was 4 to send my sisters and me to the school district we went to. |
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), and I’d have to suppose that (to answer your question) most Catholics nowadays don’t either (at least, not that I know). Not to bore the lot of you here with my own religious history, but there was a period in which I attended the Tridentine Mass at a lovely church in Newton Centre and tried to keep up with some more of the Catholic Church’s older traditions: no meat on any Friday, for example. I have gone back to that church, but I’m not exactly that person any more. I do admire those people who do hold on to those old traditions (in whatever church or religion), however.
