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Folks,
This is a bit of a 2 sided coin for me..
I was always taught (Catholic High School) that lent was an observance of the 40 days of fasting the Jesus went through just after getting baptized.
Give something up for lent (sundays included) and no meat on fridays is just something I do. Think of it as making a deposit at the heaven bank. The more the sacrifice, the bigger the deposit. Giving up wine should get me a luxury suite upstairs.
More importantly, my mother was a alcoholic. I like the idea of a chunk of time where I give it up entirely.
This is a bit of a 2 sided coin for me..
I was always taught (Catholic High School) that lent was an observance of the 40 days of fasting the Jesus went through just after getting baptized.
Give something up for lent (sundays included) and no meat on fridays is just something I do. Think of it as making a deposit at the heaven bank. The more the sacrifice, the bigger the deposit. Giving up wine should get me a luxury suite upstairs.
More importantly, my mother was a alcoholic. I like the idea of a chunk of time where I give it up entirely.
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