First Day of Lent
February 9, 2005 – 11:16 pmToday being the first day of Lent means that it was also my first day without meat. I have, though, allowed myself to include fish in my diet for the duration of Lent. For lunch, I had a “farmer’s market” pizza from the cafeteria on campus, and it was actually quite good. Zucchini, eggplant, mushrooms, red onions, bell peppers…all the fixings. For dinner, Ariele and I made black bean burritos, which also turned out very well. Day one…no problem. But, we’ll see what I’ll be saying three weeks from now.
2 Responses to “First Day of Lent”
A piece of good news for you, though Ariel may not agree: apparently, giving things up for Lent does NOT include Sundays — and in fact, if you count forty days back from Easter, to get to Ash Wednesday, you need to leave out the Sundays. So, barbecue, 1pm, Sunday?
By paul.za on Feb 9, 2005 at 11:49 pm
I think one of you guys brought this up a little while back, and that was the first time I had heard of this. And, after doing a brief Internet search, all indications are that you are indeed correct. I have to admit, though, that it will be hard to break my traditional commitment of “fasting” from Ash Wednesday through the Saturday before Easter. I’ll have to ponder on that.
By jjk on Feb 10, 2005 at 11:06 am