Are there cheat days in lent

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The influential and important, self-described "traditionalist" website One Peter Five has taken What Are Your Thoughts? Some Catholics have taken that to mean Sundays are days free of sacrifice. Father Michael Russo, pastor of St. Anne Church in Youngsville, said the count of days in Lent is more about the 'imitation' of the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert than a literal recreation. And he agrees, Sundays are for rest.

Even in AD, fasting, kneeling, and any other acts of sorrow and penance were forbidden on Sundays of Lent. But since Sundays didn't count, only 34 of the 40 days were for fasting. This stayed until Christians in the fifth century demanded 40 complete days of penance before Easter. Four more days of fasting or penance were added in the 11th century: Ash Wednesday and the Thursday, Friday and Saturday before the first Sunday of Lent, bringing the total to Although the Lenten season — Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday — lasts 44 days, the number of days for penance and fasting before Easter is still For example, if you gave up eating desserts for Lent, you may have a piece of cake on a Sunday.

The forty days of Lent are considered to be Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday up until the Easter Vigil in which it becomes the Easter Season not including the six Sundays throughout. Sundays, even during Lent, are a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and are not part of the penitential season. We rejoice in the resurrection of the Lord on Sundays. If you feel that forsaking your Lenten sacrifices on Sundays is like cheating then you are encouraged to maintain your sacrifices.

Thanks fo the picture of the cake. But in all seriousness i had no idea that i could eat what i gave up for lent on sunday.

Yummy yummy to the tummy!