Today is Ash Wednesday.

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I am waiting for the biblical feasts. Catholic calendar is not biblical.

im giving up giving up things

lol the Bible is a Catholic book.

Really? The authors of the collected books preceded the RCC by hundreds of years

No one understands what you’re saying.

This isn't a thread for arguing about the Bible. Lent obligations only. Thank you.

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How long does this last if one quits something?

God´s calendar is lunar (read Leviticus 23), not the solar Roman-pagan one.

I always thought it was so hypocritical when as a large Catholic family we went out to dinner for crab and lobster on Fridays during Lent because we couldn't eat meat. Somehow that was considered fasting. How crazy is that?

Thanks for the reminder, didn't know today was Ash Wednesday.

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Lent is over on Easter

Giving up a vice is positive and good for the soul no matter what you believe, no need to be Catholic.

Still thinking about what to give up, all for the idea.

I'm pretty sure it's not what you choose to give up but rather what you're supposed to give up. Like unleavened beer or something like that. Maybe I'm wrong. It's been a while since I've read the Bible.

Did you know that the mandating of fasts as well as celibacy was one of the identifiers of antichrist given in the prophecies of the Bible (1 Tim. 4:3). Additionally did you know that "ash wednesday" is not a prescribed holy day in the BIble, and that hebrew holy days being circumvented with pagan ones was another identifier of antichrist, along with the "transfer" of the saturday-Sabbath to sunday, and the inquisitions (Dan. 7:25)?

Did you know easter is also a non-biblical holiday but has it's roots in paganism? Jesus said he came to fufill the law and the prophets (old testament, Mt. 5:17-19). Passover, a holy day prescribed in the Bible, falls on April 19th this year. If you're going to celebrate "HOLYdays" why not celebrate God's rather than those that glorify satan?

God says come out from the apostate religions and have nothing to do with them. Study the prophecies my friend.

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I think in the past seafood was plentiful and cheap so it was the go to food for fasting days in Lent. Now it's more expensive than meat and considered a luxury food.

You can do something extra too, like more prayer or charity etc.

Remember giving something up for lent when we were kids? We actually took it pretty seriously. You would give things up like a certain food or swearing. I forgot how long it would last? A few months or something. My sister was great at keeping her promise. Me ...not so much. If I hung out with my friends I was usually swearing by the weekend.

By the way, did you know that Jews, because they ate according to the Bible didn't get the black plague when it broke out in europe (look it up, and of course as a result they were blamed for starting it by "poisoning the wells").

A real fast is total abstinence from food. And while Christians are not saved by what they do or don't eat, that doesn't change the fact that God says in his Holy Word that lobster etc. are not intended as foods to be consumed by humans. We should have enough faith to take Him on His Word, but nonetheless, as the testimony of history relayed above demonstrates, those who obey will be blessed.

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Nothing. I’m an adult who doesn’t believe in fairytales or listen to gross old men who molest children.

Nothing, I'm Christian not a Roman Catholic.

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and for all these non catholic trolls just a friendly reminder:
Misunderstanding of No Salvation Outside the Church: The Catholic Church; the Catholic Faith and the Institution put in place on Earth to protect the Catholic Faith I find to have 3 separate definitions. Salvation is found only inside the Catholic Church only because it is the same thing and equal to the Mystical Body of Christ. To be in the Mystical Body of Christ one must worthily partake in the Eucharist and have Jesus Christ reign King of their soul. Hence any Orthodox who believes in the Catholic Faith could be a Catholic. Jesus Christ must reign King of your soul to be saved and the only way Jesus Christ can enter your soul is through the miracle of the Holy Spirit which turns simple Bread and Wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ as the Rightful King and High Priest has authority outside time therefore can administer the Eucharist outside of time so potentially one could become a member of the Mystical Body of Christ during the moment before the soul leaves the body but that would be outside the authority of the Institution put in place to protect the Catholic Faith on Earth.

Nothing extra.. I give up every day that which I do not need. Lent is a dumb Catholic observance which means nothing ... Since its DUMB I would suggest giving up LENT.

Everyone that posted above you understood, maybe you don't.

i am also doing the byzantine catholic fast this year
which is no meat wed and fri but no limitations on meals on thise days
also 3 great fasts which is no meat or dairy or eggs good friday and hoky saturday
peace be with all of you and may st raphael the archangel pray for all
of you that you may bring assistance to the victory of the revivial of constantinople and be rewarded with accepting jesus christ your king

Chasing around other people's wives.
A case of beer everyday.
Jumping out of airplanes.

Just a reminder that the Roman Catholic Church is *not* the catholic church and that Satan runs wild throughout the RCC
.. do you call any man 'father'? Christians are ordered by Yeshua to call no man father because our Father is God.

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"This event is observed in the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Lutheran, Methodist, and Catholic Churches" from the wiki page.