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Your bishop reflects
on Lent 2003
By Bishop William H. Bullock
BISHOP OF MADISON
Lent is a time for all of us to refocus our lives in Jesus Christ.
As a Church we are invited to fast from food, abstain from meat, pray with special devotion, and give alms for the poor, the needy, and the marginalized.
Fasting, praying, and almsgiving constitute the required expressions of keeping the season of Lent. Some other aspects of Lent demand our attention.
First, I believe Lent is also a time when we pray that we never become hardened by evil. In our day with the prevalence of evil and serious disregard for life, our knowing God's laws and commandments can make us look pretty good. Full Story ...
Lenten regulations
The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5. Lenten regulations from the Diocese of Madison are as follows:
1. Catholics who have celebrated their 14th birthday are to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, all Fridays in Lent, and Good Friday.
2. In addition to abstaining from meat, Catholics who have celebrated their 18th birthday, until they celebrate their 59th birthday, are to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Those who are bound to this regulation may eat only one full meal. Two smaller meals are permitted if necessary to maintain strength according to one's needs, but eating solid foods between meals is not permitted.
These minimal penitential practices should not be lightly excused.
Liturgical notes
1. Ritual Masses are prohibited on Ash Wednesday, during Holy Week, and on Sundays in Lent.
2. Funeral Masses may not be celebrated on Holy Thursday, during the Easter Triduum, or on Sundays in Lent.
3. When a marriage is celebrated during Lent, it is to reflect the special nature of the season.
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LENT BEGINS MARCH 5 -- This year, the penitential season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5. Here, Sr. Teresa Ann Wolf of the Diocese of Madison's Office of Hispanic Ministry receives the mark of ashes at a previous year's Mass at the Bishop O'Connor Catholic Pastoral Center in Madison. (Catholic Herald photo)