The very first command God gave the human race was to abstain. — Msgr. Matthew Mitas
The St. Louis Review has begun to put its articles behind a paywall with the explanation that they receive no subsidy from the Archdiocese, relying for all their revenue on subscriptions and advertising, and so if you can't log in, you can't read. If you are a subscriber, log in to the Review website with your subscriber number & zipcode, found on the address block of your last issue of The Review. You can tell your computer to remember your login credentials so that you (theoretically) need do this only once. Then you can read the article.The policy makes sharing links like this one problematic. There are technical mechanisms they could implement to prevent abuse short of shutting off access entirely. Especially if you are a subscriber, you might write the editor and let him know how the policy impacts the mission.[caption id="attachment_252" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Never on Friday?"]
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The St. Louis Review has a terrific article on
Abstinence & Fasting, which may be of particular interest during Lent, but according to the article Catholics should still observe every Friday of the year. The especially zealous might observe Wednesdays too.
Articles of Historical Interest
for the Very Curious
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