| Author | |
Angie Mc
Board Moderator
Joined: Jan 31 2005
Location: Arizona
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 11400
|
| Posted: Jan 08 2011 at 12:38pm | IP Logged
|
 |
|
How do you keep Friday as a time of repentance?
How do you change (or increase/decrease) your attention or devotions based on liturgical season?
Love,
__________________
Angie Mc
Maimeo to Henry! Dave's wife, mom to Mrs. Devin+Michael Pope, Aiden 20,Ian 17,John Paul 11,Catherine (heaven 6/07)
About Me
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
CatholicMommy
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 07 2007
Location: Indiana
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1254
|
| Posted: Jan 08 2011 at 2:44pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
We do something with the Stations of the Cross every Friday - more intensely during Lent, but always something (we might read the Scripture for just one station for example and meditate upon it - during the main part of the year). When we remember we do this at around 3:00 - usually we forget and do it in the evening. Perhaps we should try to do it in the morning!
We fast on Fridays and Wednesdays:
no meat, no animal products, no olive oil (and another couple of "no"s that we don't have in our household anyway)
(On Wednesdays we look to the betrayal of Jesus, as well as prophecies and other Scriptural references to His death and resurrection)
I'd love to keep these days as quieter days as well, but Wednesdays we usually end up with something on the calendar; Fridays are pretty good in this way.
Other than intensifying things during Lent, we do the same thing throughout the year.
Connected with another recent thread  we also observe NO fasting or abstinence in the Octaves following Christmas and Easter - these are festive days.
__________________
Garden of Francis
HS Elementary Montessori Training
Montessori Nuggets
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
ekbell
Forum All-Star
Joined: May 22 2009
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 747
|
| Posted: Jan 08 2011 at 2:47pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
We do the traditional no meat on Fridays (except on Solemnities).
Normally Friday dinners are also quite basic with no frills (no treats or special foods).
It also happens to be the day when we go over the Sunday readings and do hands-on religion projects appropriate to the season.
This means that Fridays during Lent naturally have extra observances (such as the Stations of the Cross).
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
JodieLyn
Forum Moderator
Joined: Sept 06 2006
Location: Oregon
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 12234
|
| Posted: Jan 08 2011 at 2:52pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I struggle with consistency..
but something everyone looks forward to during Lent.. is attending a Stations of the Cross and then a soup and bread supper at church on friday..
oh dear.. I guess we won't be doing that this year  we don't have the parish hall for the suppers.. well maybe we can invite a family over to our house once or twice for soup and bread.
And by next Christmas we'll hopefully have a new hall built.
__________________
Jodie, wife to Dave
G-18, B-17, G-15, G-14, B-13, B-11, G-9, B-7, B-5, B-4
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
-Sir Walter Scott
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Jenn Sal
Forum All-Star
Joined: June 23 2005
Location: Texas
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 897
|
| Posted: Jan 12 2011 at 12:53pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
We attend Mass on Fridays, do confessions one Friday a month (or on Sat. with Daddy)and I'm working on making it a habit to not eat meat! For some reason I still forget!  I'm good at it during Lent. 
__________________
Jennifer, Texas
Wife to Mark, Mom to Cora 13,Kade 10, Sarah in Heaven 12/05, Colette 7, Corin 5, & Kieran 2
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
dolorsofmary
Forum Pro
Joined: Jan 17 2010
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 210
|
| Posted: March 29 2011 at 1:24pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
during lent we go to stations of the cross and of course don't eat meat. during the remaining Fridays of the year well we're not very holy - I give up something I love - usually a foot massage that I love and my husband often gives to me (isn't he wonderful!) and I ask my 5 yo what he will be giving up and he does whatever he says and my husband keeps his penance private, but the bad part is Friday is movie night at our home - well its cheap entertainment, or it could be game night. we usually have Rosary and chaplet of Divince mercy every night - just trying to redeem myself with that last note.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Angie Mc
Board Moderator
Joined: Jan 31 2005
Location: Arizona
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 11400
|
| Posted: March 29 2011 at 2:26pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
dolorsofmary wrote:
| just trying to redeem myself with that last note. |
|
|
You're funny, dolorsofmary  . Thanks for bumping this.
I would love to hear from others about how Fridays of Lent look at your home.
Love,
__________________
Angie Mc
Maimeo to Henry! Dave's wife, mom to Mrs. Devin+Michael Pope, Aiden 20,Ian 17,John Paul 11,Catherine (heaven 6/07)
About Me
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Christine
Forum All-Star
Joined: March 23 2006
Location: Washington
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1151
|
| Posted: March 29 2011 at 4:24pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Throughout the year, we assist at Mass on Fridays and abstain from eating meat. During Lent, we also participate in Stations of the Cross on Fridays.
__________________
Christine
Mommy to 4 girls, 5 boys, & 2 in God's care
Memories of a Catholic Wife and Mother
Pretty Lilla Rose
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Cay Gibson
Forum All-Star
Joined: July 16 2005
Location: Louisiana
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5193
|
| Posted: March 30 2011 at 8:18am | IP Logged
|
|
|
No meat and Stations @ church.
Friday is the one day we have no outside activities planned (unless we want to). It's our non=committal day and I work hard to keep it that way. 
__________________
Cay Gibson
"There are 49 states, then there is Louisiana." ~ Chef Emeril
wife to Mark '86
mom to 5
Cajun Cottage Under the Oaks
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
4Real Forums : Domestic Church
Topic: What do Fridays look like at your home?
