arent you able to have what you sacraficed on sundays?

I don't know, what did you sacrafice?

No, you're not. It wouldn't be a sacrifice if you could still have it during Lent.

the answer is yes.
lent is about self denial representing jesus' 40 days in the desert.
lent lasts from ash wednesday (march 9th) to easter sunday (april 24th) which is 46 days before easter. the 6 sundays in between dont count as days which you are giving up whatever you decided to give up

This post was edited by Kamikizzle on Mar 22 2011 09:40pm

This has nothing to do with Christianity.

Agreed lol

What, seriously? Great way to spiritually join in Christ's fasting and meditation. I'm sure Jesus would be glad to know that you're sacrificing something almost 86% of the time for a month and a half. What a joke of a tradition, then.

IMO the Orthodox Church has it right. They start their Lent 40 days before the Friday before Palm Sunday and end it on that Friday. Continual sacrifice just seems like it would be more spiritual, since Jesus obviously didn't take a break one day a week and just leave the desert because He was bored of that whole fasting and meditation thing.

But hey, anything to make Lent more accessible to the masses, right? Makes it seem like less of a burden so you can get more people to do it, after all.


No one ever really said it did. It's a purely symbolic gesture and a way of displaying your faith to the world. Sort of like wearing a cross necklace. Some people find it helps them feel closer to Jesus, but it's obviously not a Biblical requirement.

Though 4-5 years ago I did give up Mountain Dew for Lent (didn't drink it at all, even on Sundays! but then I was never Catholic, so their Lent vacations didn't apply to me as I was just doing it on my own) and even now I only rarely drink the stuff anymore. So really, if you do practice Lent you can use it to detox from something that you think you might be addicted to. It's not totally without its merits.

each sunday is not a 'break from fasting' its meant as a celebration
you can think of them mini easters celebrating jesus' triumph over death and sin
not a joke or something accessible

This post was edited by Kamikizzle on Mar 22 2011 11:17pm

Torm1 should give up doomsday predictions for Lent.

Lent is a time when you are supposed to give up something so that you can be spiritually close to Jesus, emulating what He did in the desert (fasting and meditating for forty days). By not sacrificing on Sundays, you literally are taking a break from that sacrifice by the very definition of the words "taking a break." Think of it and justify it how you want, I still think it cheapens the whole thing, and absolutely does make it more accessible. Why do you think you only have to give up meat on Fridays? Because if you had to give up meat through all of Lent, no one would do it.