Comments on: Lent http://cooking.glassbrian.com/2008/02/06/lent/ Nourishing Traditions Through the Eyes of Brian Glass Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:10:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anne http://cooking.glassbrian.com/2008/02/06/lent/#comment-5177 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:14:32 +0000 http://glasscooking.wordpress.com/?p=241#comment-5177 I second the comment about Lent making Easter that much better!! I especially recommend investigating both the Eastern Christian traditions (Orthodoxy and Byzantine Catholicism) AND the Roman Catholic traditions to get a feel for the different emphases in each. It’s a beautiful complementarity which John Paul II aptly brought together when he said, “We must breathe with both lungs–the East and the West.”

]]> By: Kelly http://cooking.glassbrian.com/2008/02/06/lent/#comment-5174 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:26:59 +0000 http://glasscooking.wordpress.com/?p=241#comment-5174 What an interesting post, especially from someone who converted to Catholicism a few years ago. I also had never observed Lent and hadn’t a clue what it was all about. Now I find that Lent is a powerful time in the Church season, especially the more I “put into it”. If I really try to pray and read the bible more (as you mentioned doing), or go to mass more, or take part in the special services at Church during this time, I definitely feel I am brought closer to God each year. It culminates with the Easter Vigil Mass – always extra special and beautiful as new converts are welcomed to the faith.

]]> By: Rick http://cooking.glassbrian.com/2008/02/06/lent/#comment-5173 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:49:15 +0000 http://glasscooking.wordpress.com/?p=241#comment-5173 Let me recommend a short book. It’s from an Orthodox perspective written by Fr. Alexander Schmemann and is entitled “Great Lent.” Lent has become associated with fasting and abstinence from certain foods. And that is certainly part of it but it’s much, much more.

I wish you the best as you begin to explore ancient Christianity. I started down the same path years ago. I have been brought, arguing and resisting all the way, from Evangelicalism to Calvinism to Anglicanism to Orthodoxy.

]]> By: Doug http://cooking.glassbrian.com/2008/02/06/lent/#comment-5172 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:52:14 +0000 http://glasscooking.wordpress.com/?p=241#comment-5172 Man, I haven’t had the courage to eat a Paczki in years. Please accept my sympathies on behalf of your arteries.

Our habit-robed tour-guide at a Catholic girls HS wore a pin with 3 letters “PMS”. Yeah, I’m curious, and definitely feeling a bit awkward, but I overcame. “May I ask what the pin’s message is?”

She flashed a big smile: “It’s our message about Lent: ‘Pardon My Smile,’ it’s Lent.”

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