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@Dimity I'm not Catholic either but my dad's family are, as well as my cousin's very Irish Catholic in-laws. My cousin's mother in law gave up Facebook for lent one year, I thought that was pretty cool!

While you recuperate I pray God guides you. I'm sure He will understand whatever choice you make.

I'm praying you feel better soon 🙏 💓

Hi my beautiful @tyme. You are always on my mind as you were one of the first Leads to welcome me and with a beautiful warmth that I am forever grateful for. I joke about Jynx being my favourite but you are always my Number 1.

How are you feeling gorgeous? I've been praying for you.

Take care my lovely, my next Bunnings trip includes the purchase of a plant in your name. Shall I go with tyme or would you like another plant? 🫂

You're amazing @ENKELI . You've put a huge smile on my face.

I feel so honoured to get a plant in my name! Any herb will do. One that you find useful. The last thing I want is to sit around in a pot and be useless! My real name has something to do with herbs, so hence I said a herb. A USEFUL herb 🙂

I miss you, and appreciate you for being you 🙂

Hugs

@Shaz51 @tyme @Dimity @avant-garde @Captain24

Hi again. Dimitys' comments about Lent got me thinking about Good Friday.

My family don't eat red meat on Good Friday, it is a tradition passed down by my great grandfather I assume. He was a Methodist minister.

Do any of you observe this practice? I've had Catholic and Protestant friends who eat meat on Good Friday so I'm not even sure which branch of Christianity started it.

I also used to fast from midnight Thursday midnight Friday but haven't done that for a while as Good Friday was always a special occasion with my then God children.

I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

❤️🙏

@tyme my sweet friend your words boosted me. You have me scrambling for a herb now lol! I have 4 types of basil but they are more as a bug deterrent for my lemon tree. I managed to rescue some coriander from the bin at my brothers' work so I will have to find something as you say that is useful. I'm thinking rosemary or thyme. Maybe both!

I don't observe Lent. We don't have set days for fasting, and if we do fast, we don't tell people about it @ENKELI

I dont' know much about lent at all. The other one I hear about is Shrove Tuesday? Once again, I don't know much about it.

@ENKELI , @tyme , @Dimity , @avant-garde , @Captain24

there is no way in the bible that says not to eat meat on good Friday

but Catholic started it to remember the Jesus died for us

there is a lot of man made tradition

Let me know once you get something @ENKELI 🙂

You are amazing. Hugs

@Shaz51 , that's really good to know. So in order words, it's tradition 🙂

@Shaz51 you're quite right lovely. The Bible doesn't state anything about not eating meat on Good Friday.

It started as a tradition of observing that Jesus gave up His flesh on that day for us so to observe that, some Christians gave up eating red meat as a sacrifice for all that Jesus sacrificed for us.

Whether we do or don't eat red meat on Good Friday it doesn't detract from us sharing a love of The Saviour and Our Lord