i gave up masturbation for lent. please keep your congradulations for me shorter than three lines. but seriously, what has everybody whose catholic given up for lent?
how's that really going for you? When I was 15 I could hardly seem to go more than 6 hours without floggin' the bishop. Shit, who am I kidding; I'm still horny as hell Anyways, I'm not Catholic anymore, so I don't really do the Lent thing (didn't do it when I WAS a Catholic). But I do tend to take breaks from, say, smoking weed around this time of year (late winter). I don't really know why, coincidence I guess. Right now I'm more trying to get rid of all my unneeded possessions, which is a lot. Throwing stuff out, donating books to the library. Really not finding much that I really want to keep, it's good to simplify.
I grew up Catholic (I'm kind of not really anymore)...and I kind of feel that to give up a food substance or whatever is not really what Lent is about. I mean...if you are doing it with the thought of giving up a material thing to get closer to God...then yes... ok...but most people don't think that way...its something they HAVE to do...because their church says so. I always felt it would be better to instead of giving up a material thing (or perhaps in addition) ...pray more...help people...become a better person.... and if you are also giving up a bad habit...that's good too...but focusing on the material part alone...telling people...whining and complaining...that's no good...then its pointless. I think Jesus says something along the lines of...if you are going to fast and/or pray...don't do it out loud,in public for all the world to see...but rather...keep it between you and God.... This is just imho...
