The Quest for the Sangrail began on Pentecost, and I won’t question the liturgical appropriateness of that: Sir Thomas Malory was much more deeply embedded in the Catholic world than almost anyone living today. It occurs to me, though, that it well fits our American approach of Mardi Gras — the appearance of the Sangrail and the Feast associated with it — followed by Lent. The Quest was a time of great trial and suffering, when the best knights of the world tried to live up to the fullness of their faith’s demands. All suffered; most died. Three succeeded in some measure.
Good luck.
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A blessed fast to you.
I liked Thomas's enjoinder to fast from contention. But fasting from the news may accomplish that on its own.
AVI, I'm intrigued by your fasting from news. Are you just not taking in any news at all?
Yeah, should I spend the fast putting warnings on news-related posts and putting them after the jump so that you can avoid them while still visiting here? I'm willing to do that during Lent for you.
I see no need for any trigger warnings. We're all fully capable of recognizing news-related posts early on and skipping over them, if that's what we want to fast over.
Eric Hines
I'm sure he's capable, and don't mean to imply otherwise. However, Lent is hard and some support from your friends can be helpful in getting through it. That's all.
I can tell from the titles. I am still going to James, Maggie's, and Althouse even though they sometimes carry news. I don't go to Instapundit or obvious news sites, and I have to be alert going to Chicago Boyz, lest I stray. After 24 hours I decided my wife's Facebook was going to have to be out.
Tolkien followed news avidly, CS Lewis never. The latter said that if anything important happened everyone else would be unable to stop telling you about it anyway.
I encounter it
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