{"id":7122,"date":"2023-10-23T11:31:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T16:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=7122"},"modified":"2023-10-23T11:37:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T16:37:50","slug":"lent-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=7122","title":{"rendered":"Lent Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’re preparing our 2024 Lenten menu, and the question of corned beef <\/strong>came up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Michael] O’Leary will enjoy his corned beef on Friday with a clear conscience \u2014 thanks to a special dispensation from another Irish-American, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of Milwaukee.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dolan is among dozens of bishops \u2014 from Green Bay, Wis., to Arlington, Va., to Chicago to Boston \u2014 granting one-day dispensations from Lenten rules that prohibit Roman Catholics from eating meat on Fridays to observe the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. In many cases, the bishops are asking for a similar day of penance in exchange for relaxing the rules this Friday……<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In exchange for his corned beef meal, O’Leary said he plans to give up something else, such as chicken wings or beer on a weekend when he’s watching sports on television.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I will deny myself something and pay it back,” O’Leary said.<\/em>
– USA Today<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We would like to leverage this exemption. So, two criteria: When does Lent begin? and Is March 17th on a Friday?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lent 2024 starts on Wednesday, February 14th   SPD: SUNDAY\r\nLent 2025 starts on Wednesday, March 5th  SPD: MONDAY\r\nLent 2026 starts on Wednesday, February 18th  SPD:TUESDAY\r\nLent 2027 starts on Wednesday, February 10th   SPD: WEDNESDAY\r\nLent 2028 starts on Wednesday, March 1st  SPD:FRIDAY (yeah, leap year!)<\/mark><\/strong>\r\nLent 2029 starts on Wednesday, February 14th  SPD: SATURDAY\r\nLent 2030 starts on Wednesday, March 6th   SPD: SUNDAY<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
 Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, 46 days before Easter. Since Sundays are not fast days, there are 40 days of traditional fasting and penance in Lent that leads up to Easter.

The earliest Easter can be is March 22 as it was last in 1818 and will be next in 2285. Ash Wednesday would be on February 4 in that case.

The latest Easter can be is April 25 as it was last in 1943 and will be next in 2038. Ash Wednesday would be on March 10.

Therefore, the earliest Lent can start is February 4 and the latest it can start is March 10.<\/em>
– A Catholic Life<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Therefore, St. Patrick’s day is always<\/strong><\/em> during Lent. This is so exciting! Counting the days!<\/p>\n\n\n
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Other Okays during Lent<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
A two-fer: alligator and turtle are both okay.
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Puffin
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Seal is a bit iffy – check with your local diocese.
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Capybara – big YES.\n
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\nNote sure what restrictions are imposed on hyenas during Lent…
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And, of course, fish.
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Corned Beef<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
For some reason, corned beef always makes me think of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n
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The sadness in the first paragraph of Sinclair’s biography reminded me of a quote in Julie Holland’s excellent memoir Weekends at Bellevue.<\/strong> She says<\/p>\n\n\n\n
 \u201cNearly every shift, I\u2019m asking myself, What do I do with this patient now that he has shown up here in my ER? What does he need from us right now? Unfortunately, the most common answer is: He needs a childhood transplant, he needs to start over\u2014with loving parents this time, in a caring, nurturing environment.\u201d<\/em>
\u2015 Julie Holland, Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych E.R. (via GoodReads<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201creality is this: All of us, to some degree, are mentally ill. We get paranoid, anxious, depressed, and insomniac. We alternate between delusions of grandeur and crippling self-doubt, we suffer from paralyzing fears and embarrassing neuroses. We all have compulsions to do things we know we shouldn\u2019t, and there are millions of us with addictions, whether to gambling, drinking, dieting, or playing Second Life. Every one of us has psychiatric symptoms, many of them\u201d<\/em>
\u2015 Julie Holland, Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych E.R. (via GoodReads<\/a>)
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