LENTEN REGULATIONS ON FAST AND ABSTINENCE:

 ABSTINENCE:
From meat is observed on Ash Wednesday,
and all the Fridays of Lent by all Catholics.
 
FASTING:
is observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday
by all Catholics who are 18 years of age but not yet 59!!!
 

REFLECTION - Knowing what we “need” and what we “want” is important. While advertisers are in the market to make sure a “want” becomes a “need,” sometimes we need to step back and ask what it is that we “want” and whether having what we want is really a good thing. In God’s redemption, we have a chance to gain control of our lives from the spiral of needs and our passion for more. Like Jesus, our “fasting” in the desert gives us a chance to attack the devil on his own turf. He tries to convince us we need more than God, and we can show him (and ourselves) that we need only God in our lives to be happy human beings. Nicer clothes, better cell phones, more attention, bigger houses are just temptations! They’re not needs.