A saintly, beefy break from Lent

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Mar 16th 2006 @ 2:47PM

A few days ago, I posted about Lent, the 40 days before Easter in which there is the tradition of giving something luxury, excess and indulgence, in addition to the general guidelines of abstaining from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and every Friday during Lent (including Good Friday).

But what about those who'd like to celebrate St. Patrick's Day this Friday, but also really do strictly observe the Lenten guidelines? Many will want to eat traditional corned beef. According to an article at Slate, the archbishop of Atlanta has agreed to grant a dispensation for Lent this year so that members of the diocese may eat meat this Friday as part of their St. Patrick's Day celebrations." In fact, almost a third of the diocese in the States have done the same thing.

Bring on the corned beef!

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