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Well since it is “Ash” Wednesday
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class=”post”>The capybara kap-i-‘bar-uh, hydrochoerus
hydrochaeris, is a semi-aquatic rodent of South and Central America. It
is the only species in its genus, which belongs to the family
Hydrochoeridae, order Rodentia.
class=”post”>When the Spanish missionaries found the
capybara in Brazil during the 16th century, they wrote to the Pope to
ask – there’s an animal here that’s scaly but also hairy, spends most
of its time in the water but occasionally comes on land; can we
classify it as a fish (and thus, the indigenous people could continue
to eat it during Lent)?. Not having a clear description of the animal
(and not wanting the petitioners to starve), the Pope agreed and
declared it to be a fish.
Marcel LeJeune
href=”http://marysaggies.blogspot.com/2008/01/lent-2008.html”
target=”_blank”>has a good Lent FAQ.
Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP has
href=”http://hancaquam.blogspot.com/2008/02/fr-philips-ten-commandments-of.html”
target=”_blank”>Fr. Philip’s Ten Commandments of Confession
Jimmy Akin has
href=”http://www.jimmyakin.org/2006/03/annual_lent_fig.html”>a
good roundup of Lenten information.
Jimmy also has the
href=”http://jimmyakin.typepad.com/defensor_fidei/2007/02/ash_wednesday.html”>guidelines
for fasting from the Code of Canon Law.
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May are spiritual and physical fasting
make more room for
Christ and may we all grow closer to Christ and Have a Holy Lent in
preparation for the feasts of feasts – Easter!
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I read one time that after they clarified the nature of the capybara to a later pope, his response was that eating something like that was sacrifice enough and did not lift the permission.
Let’s get the whole thing in there: “When you fast, do not put on a gloomy face, like the hypocrites…but WASH YOUR FACE!!!! so that no one knows you are fasting…
Fr. Philip
Thanks for the photo of “Ash” Wednesday. Now when I go to get my ashes I’ll have “Alright you primitive screwheads, this is my boomstick!” running through my head. When the priest blesses me or gives me communion I’ll probably say “groovy” instead of amen. :^)
Thanks again for giving me a smile on this day of fasting.
Jeff, may your Lent be blessed and fruitful!
Bear–
Just as long as you don’t tell the priest to, “Give me some ashes, baby!”
Ash Wednesday is the time of year when Catholics recieve their priest’s thumb print on…oh, it’s supposed to look like a cross, eh?
I actually got a cross this year! I’m so happy!
not to be confused with the chupacabrah
In the Archdiocese of Detroit, muskrat has always been an accepted meat substitute. 😉