By: Lex

Um I have no idea if any of y’all are familiar with the fasting and observation of no meat on Fridays but uh.

I’m “lapsed” Catholic from a very culturally catholic place where seafood is readily available so when I had catechism some of my teachers wanted to remind us the connections of charity with sacrifice during Lent. That there was nothing particularly wrong with obtaining our Friday dinner from Lenten fish fry by a school, church or charitable organisation. While some felt we should really consider reflecting on the ease of which we can obtain something not meat and seemed to have SOME OPINIONS on restaurants with Lenten specials.

What I’m trying get around to is another small thing you can do during Lent is donate to a food pantry. Like a can of beans would be great if that’s all you can do.

Also Saint Joseph’s feast day is always during Lent, the Sicilian traditions around his celebration are also connected to feeding the needy and most vulnerable in a community. He is the patron saint of immigrants, of orphans, adoption, families, social justice, working people, exiles and educators too.

So Lent is a great time to reflect on giving to those in need, doing some giving if you can and forgive yourself if you can’t. Anyone can be a person in need, there is no fault in that.