Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 11:19     Subject: Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
Just give an empty candy box. Give up the candy for Lent.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 11:17     Subject: Re:Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are celebrating Valentine's Day on Thursday.


This will work as long as you haven't given up for Lent anything that's part of your Valentine's celebration.


Thank you, Captain Obvious.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 11:13     Subject: Re:Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
We did Valentines day dessert yesterday as today we like to make a king cake. The bummer is that the kids still have valentines day parties tomorrow (yes, Catholics in public school ) so we agreed they would save any sweets until after tomorrow (they aren't giving any of that up for Lent).
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 09:33     Subject: Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
Valentine’s Day is for amateurs
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 09:29     Subject: Re:Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
Anonymous wrote:We are celebrating Valentine's Day on Thursday.


This will work as long as you haven't given up for Lent anything that's part of your Valentine's celebration.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 09:16     Subject: Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
Anonymous wrote:My kids' Catholic school is celebrating Valentine's Day today.


Same for us. We're busting out the chocolate today, right after we have our fill of pancakes for dinner .
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 09:14     Subject: Re:Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m thinking St Valentine won’t mind a switch. But most would want to move VD before lent, not during.


That. Celebrate Valentine's Eve. Better than in Lent, if you bother being Catholic at all, do it right.


Arrange to get your box of chocolates today, and eat as much as you want before Lent starts tomorrow. Then put the rest away and bring it out only on Sundays during Lent when the regular lenten rules do not apply. Thus you can have your treats while staying within church guidelines.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 09:13     Subject: Re:Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
We are celebrating Valentine's Day on Thursday.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 07:51     Subject: Re:Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
Anonymous wrote:I’m thinking St Valentine won’t mind a switch. But most would want to move VD before lent, not during.


That. Celebrate Valentine's Eve. Better than in Lent, if you bother being Catholic at all, do it right.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 07:26     Subject: Re:Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
I’m thinking St Valentine won’t mind a switch. But most would want to move VD before lent, not during.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 07:23     Subject: Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
My kids' Catholic school is celebrating Valentine's Day today.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 07:20     Subject: Re:Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
Don't worry. All of it, including veneration of saints, is pagan tradition. Not mentioned anywhere in the New Testament.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 07:10     Subject: Re:Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
No. You are not allowed to postpone it.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 07:09     Subject: Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
Also, don't forget to donate an organ and ride a ferris wheel.

So much to do that day, according to https://www.checkiday.com/2/14/2018
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 07:04     Subject: Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday
Valentine's Day falls on Ash Wednesday this year, which is a day of penance and fasting. Can I postpone the Valentine's Day stuff until Thursday? What are you doing?

FWIW, St. Valentine was a Christian martyr whom the Roman's beheaded.