Chrch sez stop txtn 4 lent !
Or, put another way, the Italian Church wants its followers to forswear text messaging, social networking websites and computer games in the run-up to Easter.
....Perhaps we need to give up QL for lent also .................................
While many Italians traditionally give up fatty foods or, in extremis, alcohol, the appeal to go without some of the trappings of the modern world, including Facebook, iPhones and computer games, on Fridays – and on other days if possible – is unprecedented.
It appears to stem partly from Pope Benedict XVI's recent warning to the young not to substitute "virtual friendship" for real human relationships.
The Pontiff warned on his YouTube site in January that “obsessive” use of mobile phones or computers “may isolate individuals from real social interaction while also disrupting the patterns of rest, silence and reflection that are necessary for healthy human development".
The "stop texting for Lent" campaign began in the dioceses of Modena, Bari and Pesaro but has now spread to other parts of Italy.
The Trento diocese in the Italian Alps said that it was urging young Italians not only to give up texting and computer games but also to avoid throwing chewing gum on the pavement and "egocentrism".
The church authorities at Rivoli near Turin are going one further and asking parishioners to switch off their television sets and drape them with black cloth until Easter.
The Venice patriarchate is also asking people to drink tap water instead of bottled mineral water.
Father Gianni Fazzini of the Venice diocese said that such appeals for "sobriety" were not only in the spirit of Lent but also appropriate at a time of recession.
"If we all renounce something individually, it can have a collective effect," he told La Repubblica. "In changing our consumer habits in response to the economic disaster, we can also fufill our responsibility as Christians to safeguard God's Creation."
The Times
It's supposed to be "Which bra will work for your girl" and probably I will get the same answer you mentioned. Just add a little squeeze. LOL
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Which Bra will fit you Heero I thing it is the third one..lol
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HE WHO DARES WINS
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
My brotherhood order of the stone are looking for you, to stone your statuette. Just for GP.
The problem is I think you’re an overeducated, 27-year-old virgin who holds the hands of superstitious old women and promises them eternity.
Wash your mouth and repent forthwith, if not fifthwith..
Speaking of catholics ..
A man walked into the ladies department of a Macy's, and walked up to the woman behind the counter and said, "I'd like to buy a bra for my wife"
What type of bra?" asked the clerk.
"Type?" inquires the man. "There is more than one type?"
"Look around," said the saleslady, as she showed a sea of bras in every shape, size, color and material. "Actually, even with all of this variety, there are really only three types of bras," replied the salesclerk.
Confused, the man asked what the types were.
The saleslady replied "The Catholic type, the, Salvation Army type, and the Baptist type. Which one do you need?"
Still confused the man asked, "What is the difference between them?"
The lady responded, "It is all really quite simple. The Catholic type supports the masses, the Salvation Army type lifts up the fallen, and the Baptist type makes mountains out of mole hills."
SAMAEL said:
*points at the catholics and giggles at their withdrawls*
Will you point only at the Catholics dude?
I could dig up, so much garbage at some exclusive and particular religion, that the pile of Sh#t will reach the moon.......
The problem is I think you’re an overeducated, 27-year-old virgin who holds the hands of superstitious old women and promises them eternity.
*points at the catholics and giggles at their withdrawls*
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and just buy after the lent.new mobile on Easter.
"simple yet complicated"
"makamal a anak"
Didn't know he was that 'practical'.
And I meant this answer as a positive one.
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
And UK aren't you supposed to have only unleavened bread for the full 40 day period?
There is a movie "chocolat" with a comic ending which depicts the overtly prudish bishop falling in a heap of chocolate and then giving in to temptation before the Easter Sunday.
I wonder if such a movie was made about ramadaan what wud be the repercussions!
I will stop shaving my hair for lent
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HE WHO DARES WINS
britexpat - "Perhaps we need to give up QL for lent also "
Nope. Give up something without announcing it. Outward show pointless.
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Don't want no drama,
No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama
Its a good excuse to do something good..
Perhaps we can "contribute to charity" for lent or "not use plastic bages" for lent or even "stop smoking" for lent.
How can I miss you if you won't go away?
:-D
you will miss him but you said you miss me
oh you double timer cheater :/
brit u givin up ql for lent i wil mis u
Chrch sez stop txtn 4 lent !
whats the topic heading :/