It's Lent time!!!

[ThatRobGuy]

So, I keep overhearing people at work discussing what they're giving up for Lent.

I wanted to get everyone else's thoughts on some of the practices surrounding this event.

One in particular has me puzzled...the Fish Only Friday rule.

The giving up something I can sort of understand, it's a person making a vow of personal sacrifice...however, what's the purpose of only being able to eat fish but no other meat on Fridays? Was there every a valid purpose for it?...or is just a tradition sort of thing? (I've even heard some say that it originally was introduced by the Church to help subsidize the fish industry)

 

[GoldenBoy89]

To me personally, the whole thing is ridiculous. Much like the New Years resolutions everyone's already broken.

 

[PsychoSarah]

To me personally, the whole thing is ridiculous. Much like the New Years resolutions everyone's already broken.

I never break mine, but I also always make reasonable resolutions.

 

[Dave Ellis]

I gave up lent for lent.

 

[daniel777]

I gave up lent for lent.

amen

 

[Sayre]

I am still going with my new years resolution. I'm down 7 kgs since Jan 1. 18 kgs down in total.

I gave up nonspecific things for lent to make space for pondering what I believe and why and giving more time to devotion. I've enjoyed it.