{"id":106190,"date":"2021-02-16T11:01:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T19:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=106190"},"modified":"2021-02-16T11:01:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T19:01:21","slug":"lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/lent\/","title":{"rendered":"Lent!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">I<\/span>n the past, my home Archdiocese of Seattle has published &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/lenten-regulations-for-the-archdiocese-of-seattle-2020\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"105216\" target=\"_blank\">Lenten Regulations<\/a>&#8221; to remind us what is expected of every Christian during Lent, which begins tomorrow on Ash Wednesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, however, they are nowhere to be found. Instead, we have a web page called &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archseattle.org\/lent-2021-inspiration-and-resources\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/archseattle.org\/lent-2021-inspiration-and-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lent 2021 Inspiration and Resources<\/a>&#8220;, which I heartily recommend to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Fasting and Abstinence Guidelines<\/em> have been compiled into an easy infographic this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"721\" data-attachment-id=\"106191\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/lent\/1-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-1.jpg?fit=940%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"940,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-1.jpg?fit=860%2C721&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-1.jpg?resize=860%2C721\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-1.jpg?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-1.jpg?resize=240%2C201&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-1.jpg?resize=150%2C126&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-1.jpg?resize=768%2C644&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past, my home Archdiocese of Seattle has published &#8220;Lenten Regulations&#8221; to remind us what is expected of every Christian during Lent, which begins tomorrow on Ash Wednesday. This year, however, they are nowhere to be found. Instead, we have a web page called &#8220;Lent 2021 Inspiration and Resources&#8220;, which I heartily recommend to you. The Fasting and Abstinence [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Blatherings from the Blog: Lent!","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[91,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archbishop-paul-etienne","category-seasons"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-1.jpg?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s1aGBK-lent","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":83743,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/preparing-for-lent\/","url_meta":{"origin":106190,"position":0},"title":"Preparing for Lent","author":"Thom","date":"22 February 2014","format":"video","excerpt":"Great video from the Latin Mass Society on the ancient Pre-Lenten season of Septuagesima or Shrovetide. Septuagesima from LMS on Vimeo.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":110303,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/lent-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":106190,"position":1},"title":"Lent!","author":"Thom","date":"17 February 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. Where has the time gone? It seems like Christmas just ended. In previous years, my home Archdiocese of Seattle published \"Lenten Regulations\" to remind us what is expected of every Christian during Lent. 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Holy Mother Church calls us to make these next forty days until Easter a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. 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