When Lent Gets Inconvenient

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

When you make a Lenten commitment, you're probably not thinking of all of the special circumstances and unforeseen events that are going to make that commitment... inconvenient.

A daily rosary might not be difficult... until that family vacation. Cold showers aren't so bad... until that cold snap. Charitable giving feels great... until finances are tight.

Today, Fr. Mike invites us to let Lent interrupt us. Lent is inconvenient because Love is inconvenient. If we give more this Lent, we'll get more than we ever have before.

Production note: Father's audio had some technical difficulties this week, so please bear with us.

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0:00.0	Is it a little lower?
0:04.2	Is that better?
0:04.8	All right.
0:07.2	Okay, here we go.
0:12.2	Hi, my name's Father Mike Schmitz
0:13.2	and this is essential reasons.
0:14.6	So it's Ash Wednesday, it's beginning of Lent,
0:17.0	which is great because I'm sure that on Ash Wednesday
0:20.3	you choose to do the things, right?
0:21.4	You abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday
0:23.5	and all Fridays during Lent.
0:25.1	We fast on Ash Wednesday
0:26.6	and we only have two days of the year
0:28.5	where we are required to fast in that fast.
0:31.5	You know, the USCCB, I think it was
0:32.9	the United States Council of Catholic Bishops.
0:35.0	Conference of Catholic Bishops,
0:36.0	Conference of Catholic Bishops.
0:36.7	Has said that, okay,
0:38.1	so you really want to know what the mere bare minimum is,
0:40.7	one's regular size meal and two smaller meals
0:43.4	that don't together add up to the one regular size meal.
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