Lent

Because I think this is at the heart of the Christian message in so many ways.

And that's what we go through Lent with.

This is why we go through Lent,

isn't it? You're right.

Yes.

And the idea of suffering along with Jesus Christ, which we go through in Lent, and of course, the culmination of the suffering is Good Friday, and then the resurrected heart is Easter Sunday.

I agree.

It would be amazing if every Catholic in the world would take the notion of forgiving seriously, also cultivate that in the family and give it to their children so that children grow up almost naturally with the truth of what forgiveness is and what it's not, the practice of it so that it becomes part of their daily routine.

Uh-huh.

for how abusive and restrictive the medieval church and the medieval monarchy is, and then all of the peasants are supposed to be able to drink and fuck and become barn animals for a day before Lent starts.

And the Veiled Prophet guys, and this happened in New Orleans also, are like, well what if we got to do all of the partying and you guys got the watch? And that was just how it was.

Everybody was like, okay, fine, you party.

Articles of marriage are signed by the relations on both sides before the Cadi, and the next ceremony consists in the bridegroom taking home his bride.

This is usually done in the afternoon or evening and is prohibited during the Ramadan or Lent, and also on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday at all times.

With music, dancing, and other expressions of joy, the bride is conducted in a covered chair to the bridegroom's house.

On this occasion, he receives offerings of money from his bachelor friends, who cover his forehead and brow with gold coins.

Probably in early days it recognized marriage as a civil contract, even before it interfered in the ceremony.

Afterwards, in order to correct abuses, the priesthood introduced the custom of celebrating marriages before themselves and of giving the nuptial benediction.

The church forbade marriage in Lent in A.D. 364.

The decrees of Pope Siricius in 385 spoke of marriage as being regularly contracted by the benediction of the priest.

40 nights.

What is that, Lent?

I think that's like the Lent season,

right? They stole that from Venus retrograde, you know?

Yeah.

He studied at Alcalá almost a year and a half.

Since he had arrived in Barcelona in the year 24 during Lent and had studied there two years, it was the year 26 that he reached Alcalá.

He studied the logic of Soto, the physics of Albert, and the master of the sentences.

While at Alcala, he was engaged in giving spiritual exercises and teaching Christian doctrine, and this bore fruit for the glory of God.

Skip the fish.

You don't need to, you know, maybe during Lent you can get a fish sandwich, but no fish.

Don't do it.

It's a bad move.

No, it was earlier this year.

I did like a like a Lent reading with somebody.

So yeah.

It's like you said, it's been very, very few times.

We'll gladly share with you, Jim offered, though we've only black bread, some dry meal, and salt pork.

Meat was permitted, he knew, to all making a pilgrimage, as well as to the poor during Lent.

Eh, the man seemed disappointed.

From the weight you carried, I thought you must have a side of ham or hontro venison.

Think about your favorite time of the liturgical year.

I already know you, so I know that's Lent, am I right? Yeah.

Okay.

And I'm going to just think about you and a little bit of what I know about your youth, because Father Sam Kachuba filled in for you today at Mass, didn't he? He did.