Lent- what are you giving up?

I saw a thread like this on LIF and was thinking about what will I be giving up. So my question to you all is-

What are you giving up?
Or
What are you doing more of?
Or
What changes are you making?

I have not been to church that often since a year or 2 ago. I just had a million excuses why I couldn't go But when I do go I leave feeling good..
So I am going to make it my goal to go to church more often, and make a commitment to do it.

I have tried in the past to do no meat on fridays and it just has not worked out for me.. so I am going to try and re-commit to that also.

I live up in Westchester now, so I want to make a substantial effort to find a local community Church to join.

I'm going to try and give up cursing and processed foods.

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Posted by Kimbalina

If you give up meat for fridays- do you just give up beef, pork, veal, and chicken? Do you eat Fish?

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You can eat fish!

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Posted by Kimbalina

If you give up meat for fridays- do you just give up beef, pork, veal, and chicken? Do you eat Fish?

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I eat fish just no meat, meat (to me fish isnt meat ) No meat on fridays is really the only thing I ever do

DH and I are going to get to church more often...we both really want to...and I miss church a lot havent been going steady for a while.

i am borderline athiest but when we were little we always had to give something up for lent - i remember my grandma used to always give up either cookies or ice cream for some reason lent just made me remember those things about her from when i was little

Good to hear what everyone else does and does not do during this time.

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Posted by Kimbalina

If you give up meat for fridays- do you just give up beef, pork, veal, and chicken? Do you eat Fish?

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I give up all meat except fish, usually have grilled cheese or pizza fri, but I can't eat too much cheese either

I've been terrible about mass- the last time I went was my wedding , so instead of giving anything up, I am going to attend mass. I also dont eat meat on fridays during lent.

i have a friend that gives up coffee (she usually drinks about 4 cups a day)- i really admire people who give something like that up

I am a church goer...however since I moved out of my parents house I have not been to Church. I used to go every Sunday with them...so it's been about a month since I went and I feel guilty...and my mom has def made me feel guilty haha. So I am going on Sunday with my parents since DH doesn't go...he is totally opposite of me on religion.

I will also like to give up my way of wanting everything my way (I am very stubborn with DH). So I am working harder to realize he has to like things and get things his way sometimes as well.

Oh and I don't eat Meat on Fridays during Lent.

I am christian but I still don't know the story about why we are not supposed to eat meat on Fridays and why we have to give something up for lent. I used to do it when I was younger but now I won't do something just for the sake of doing it. If I understand the reason behind it and I agree with it I will do it but I still don't know the story why.

Does this make sense?

Lent comes from the story of Jesus. Before he was crucified he spent 40 days and 40 nights in the desert - fasting and praying to God. It is a time for us to cleanse our bodies and spirits in order to prepare ourselves for the coming of Jesus during the Easter season.
wiki:

Lent, in some Christian denominations, is the forty-day-long liturgical season of fasting and prayer before Easter.[1] The forty days represent the time Jesus spent in the desert, where according to the Bible he endured temptation by *****.[2] Different churches calculate the forty days differently.

The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer—through prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial—for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Nothing! I'm Lutheran and we don't have to do anything!

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Posted by kimNanthony

I am christian but I still don't know the story about why we are not supposed to eat meat on Fridays and why we have to give something up for lent. I used to do it when I was younger but now I won't do something just for the sake of doing it. If I understand the reason behind it and I agree with it I will do it but I still don't know the story why.

Does this make sense?

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That is for Catholics. I'm Lutheran.

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Posted by ant n tilde

Lent comes from the story of Jesus. Before he was crucified he spent 40 days and 40 nights in the desert - fasting and praying to God. It is a time for us to cleanse our bodies and spirits in order to prepare ourselves for the coming of Jesus during the Easter season.
wiki:

Lent, in some Christian denominations, is the forty-day-long liturgical season of fasting and prayer before Easter.[1] The forty days represent the time Jesus spent in the desert, where according to the Bible he endured temptation by *****.[2] Different churches calculate the forty days differently.

The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer—through prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial—for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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Thanks for the info. Very interesting! I still don't understand why we can't eat meat on Fridays. Any idea?