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Question of the Day: Are you giving up something for Lent?
Posted by:
Melissa C on
February 18, 2010 at
11:29AM CST
The season of Lent is upon us. It began on (Ash) Wednesday. This is why you make have seen coworkers or friends with an ash mark on their foreheads that day (or had one yourself) and why restaurants and fast food chains are offering fish specials on Fridays for the next month and a half.
If you are Catholic, you know that, traditionally, the faithful were asked to give up eating meat during Lent. That's been relaxed to giving it up on Fridays these days. But many people also choose other things to forgo during Lent, using it as a time of sacrifice and reflection as Easter approaches. I'm not Catholic, but I have on many occasions co-opted Lent as a chance to join with friends in abstaining from something, usually something that I consider unhealthy for me. I think this practice - which is found in most major religions - of fasting or breaking a connection with a material want is a good one. This year, I'm giving up coffee and high fructose corn syrup. Yes, that second one requires a lot of label reading, because it's in darn near everything in this country, even bread. Whether or not it is for religious reasons, are you giving up something for Lent? Tell us what it is in the comments. What do you think of this practice?
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