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Show LENT BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY Bishop Glass Issues Regulations Regula-tions lor Observance in Salt Lake Diocese I Rt. Rev Joseph H. Glass, bishop of the Salt Iake diocese, which in- I eludes Ojrdeu. lias Issued regulations j for th ohservance of 1-ent, which be-Rins be-Rins velnesday. "Ash Wednesday, t lie first day of Lent, falls this year on the 9th of I Kehruary. I "1. All the days of Lent, with the exception of Sundays, are fast days of obligation. "2. All persons under 21 or over ".ft y-ars of age. those encagod In haul lubor, jhe sick und convalescent, und those who cannot fat without injury to their health, are exempt from the obligation of fasting "3. The law of abstinence Is binding bind-ing upon all who have passed their seventh birthday. "4. Persone hound by tho law of fasting may takn only one full meal a day, but are not forbidden a"inull portion of food morning and evening. Am rr-giirds the quantity and' kind of food permissible, approved local Custom Cus-tom should bo observed. "o. The full mial may be takcu -tt evening and the collation nt noon or tho r' vefse, according to individual preference. I 1BST1M M I i "a, Tfut law of nbsilnence forbids i the eating of meat or soups made of meat: but permits the use of butter, choc.ie. milk and egg;', and any condiment con-diment or seasoning made from the I fat of animals. "7. It Is permissible to take meat und fish at the same meal. "8. The law of abstinence holds for J the following days in I-ent: All Wed- nesdays and Fridays. Saturday in Em-ber Em-ber week and Holy Saturday. On Holy Saturday, however, the law of fast and abstinence erase for all at 12 o'clock noon. "9. Persons exempt or dispensed from the obligation of fasting may eat meat at all meals on days when It is permitted. "10. liy virtue of a special indult granted by the Holy See June , 181ft, working mn -nnd their fantlUCS are allowed the i:?e of flesh meat once a day on all fast and abstinence duys throughout the year, with the exception excep-tion of Fridays. Ash Wednesday, Holy Saturday and the Vigil of Christmas, j Such in. nil rS of these families as are exempt from the obligation of fastlng( no i,(.rmiltf..l lii nsr meat more than once u d;s except on the days hcio mentioned. Those who avail them Mes of the Indult arc earnestly ex-1 horted to practice gome, f pcclal acts i of self-denial. si RVICE MEN EX1 Mi l II Soldiers and s-illors actually in the United States service arc exempt from the law of abstinence on all days of the year except theso five: I Ash Wednesday, Friday and Saturday in Holy week, ihe Vigil of the Assumption Assump-tion and Christmas eve This c-SmptJon c-SmptJon is shared by sin h members of their families as actually accompany accom-pany them tn the military or naval - 1 1 Ice. but not by those who reside at a distance. 12 In Virtue of a special Indult the Right Reverend Rlshop extonds the Paschal time from the first Bun-day Bun-day Of l-nt t- Trinity Sunday inclu- Me. All Cuth.la v. ho have attained th age of reason ure bound to receive holy communion worthily within this period. Conformity with the spirit of ecclesiastical discipline recommends the duty be fulfilled In one's parish I church. "It. To afford the faithful opporv j tunlly tor gaining the graces of the ! Ronton 'eaoon It is hereby ordered that in addition In the usual Su:id iy services, Lenten devotions be held in nil the chufchei of the diocese to trhioh are attached resident pastors 1 An instruction Is to bo given on one of these evenings; on the other there I shall be the Way of tho Cross. Permission Per-mission Is hereby given for benediction benedic-tion of the blessed sacrament on both j el 'lingv MI KEMJ I - li W l 1 "14. it is recommended that those I I la charge of souls should bring the I I'ohlldren, wherever it Is possible, to j their respective parish churches on Friday afternoons in Rent for the devotion de-votion of the Way of the Cro. and ! for ii short Instruction on the passion. I Wherever this Is done permission Is j : Klv t) to have benediction of the bless- .-.1 su.-rimen' a! th. afternoon services; as well as at tlc everting service, with ie BX "ption. of course, of Good Frl-i I day. '15. Tire faithful are reminded that ! l.esldes the obligation Of fasting Im-posed Im-posed by the church, the season of Lent should be In i very special manner man-ner a Ums of earnest prayer aad m"d-I m"d-I Ration, of sorrow for ln. of generous ; almSfflvlns to the poor, and of absten-; absten-; tlon from cUSCoanary nrr,us meats. j i "lii. To comply with the decree i of thr third plenary council o Raltl-' Raltl-' i.itiie. a ullyct'.oii will be take i up on the first Sunday in I.mt at all the nvasses for the Catholic mission? among Jho Indians and negroes." , |