Another time when I've seen such attitudes is when St. Patrick's Day has fallen on a Lenten Friday. Hankering for their meat on Friday (as if there weren't 6 other days of the week), they've often petitioned their bishops for dispensation from the lenten practice on those Fridays. All too often, the bishops themselves don't take lent seriously so they blithely let them have their way. When that happened one year, I might have thought they were acting like naughty children who had gotten permission to raid the cookie jar at will; their gloating was that ridiculous to behold.
Take a look at the language in the picture. Leaving aside the sloppy grammar, what we see here is an insult to faithful Catholics - and to the holy season of Lent. It is an illustration of the careless Catholic who accepts Lent only with resentment. The person in the picture has made himelf into a disgusting slob. That is indeed what happens when one does not approach Catholic life and discipline with the reverence that it deserves. One one takes a cavalier, jocular attitude towards the provisions that the Church has provided for our salvation, we degrade ourselves.
The Catholic writing this post will not align herself with the nod to gluttony suggested in this meme. I trust many of you are like-minded.
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