Catholic Traditions

senorwipesalot

Have you any Good Friday Traditions?
For example eating fish and hot cross buns followed by a nice mass and topped off with a three hour religous Hollywood epic.

Personally,I religously like to honour the Messiah by downing a dozen cans while watching The Life of Brian.

What are yours?

frozenfrozen

today is thursday

Mr Benevolent

Massive boobs is what I enjoy most.

smash

senorwipesalot wrote: »

Personally,I religously like to honour the Messiah by downing a dozen cans while watching The Life of Brian.

And eating a steak!

Mint Sauce

<waits on the 'why can't we go to the pub' posts>

biko

My Good Friday tradition is bitching about the pubs being closed.

corktina

when i worked in the UK we got the day off...what a fine Catholic country this is making you work on the anniversary of Our Lord dying.








ps I'm only a religious crank when theres a chance of a day off....

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Poker, beer, a meaty dinner and watching The Masters is gonna be my Good Friday. I'm clearly a religious motherfcuker

Zebra3

I'll be urinating on various religious buildings. :pac:

prinz

Call me old fashioned but I like to think about the nature of self-sacrifice and think about all those who have given their lives to help/save others etc.

I'll be having a pint or two because I'll be travelling, and whatever I feel like for dinner which may or may not include meat. The notion of deliberately going out of your way to break some rules you don't believe in or need to abide by is beyond me though. Childish.

Duckworth_Luas

This thread will attract as many rebels as the ice planet Hoth.

If only God had created a Death Star instead of the Christmas star we could end all pubs closed on Good Friday threads for the next 10 years.

lazygal

There's no mass on Good Friday OP!

stovelid

Being a zany bastard and boasting about eating meat and drinking while obsessing about something I don't believe in.

lividduck

There is no God and it's just another day.

Dave!

Trying to think of something clever to post to thumb my nose at everyone who is posting sarcastically about those who don't like explicitly religious rules being enforced on those who don't subscribe to that religion........

Head too fried today. I'll be back.

corktina

Dave! wrote: »

Trying to think of something clever to post to thumb my nose at everyone who is posting sarcastically about those who don't like explicitly religious rules being enforced on those who don't subscribe to that religion........

Head too fried today. I'll be back.

yeah go have a pint and think about it...:D

RichieC

I'm strategically avoiding good Friday this year by going to Liverpool to watch us get beat by Aston Villa

wijam

head home and wait til the pubs open at 5pm, good old NI

Wattle

Back in the days when we were forced to go to mass we used to call them holy days of aggrivation.

ejmaztec

RichieC wrote: »

I'm strategically avoiding good Friday this year by going to Liverpool to watch us get beat by Aston Villa

We all have our crosses to bear.:(

marozz

Kick myself for drinking my Good Friday supply of cans on the Thursday!

RichieC

ejmaztec wrote: »

We all have our crosses to bear.:(

Mine is mahogany with cast iron trim...

krudler

Not arsed about the lack of pubs open myself, while i dont agree religion has any place dictating laws i look at it as just a day off for pub and nighclub workers, who get stuck working all the sh1tty big drinking nights the rest of the year

basillarkin

RichieC wrote: »

I'm strategically avoiding good Friday this year by going to Liverpool to watch us get beat by Aston Villa

That wont happen, Villa are useless and never beat Liverpool. On topic. a mighty meaty pizza to be washed down with 6 cans of Karpackie while watching Wagner winning the masters at 180/1:)

GarIT

I'll be trying to disprove religion to annoy some Catholics :cool:

I'll probably also have a rant about the pubs being closed.

prinz

basillarkin wrote: »

...washed down with 6 cans of Karpackie

Invest in double quilted toilet roll and a few packets of Arret while you're at it.

gurramok

prinz wrote: »

Invest in double quilted toilet roll and a few packets of Arret while you're at it.

I bought a crate of beer today specifically for tomorrow, i'm a great child :rolleyes:

Temptamperu

RichieC wrote: »

I'm strategically avoiding good Friday this year by going to Liverpool to watch us get beat by Aston Villa

They putting you on or you a sub again Richie?




:P

Taco Corp

As much as I ignore the religious aspect of this day it's still great to have the day off work so I can enjoy me steak and booze

prinz

gurramok wrote: »

I bought a crate of beer today specifically for tomorrow, i'm a great child :rolleyes:

Say what now?

Ghost Buster

All my traditions are listed here

iguana

biko wrote: »

My Good Friday tradition is bitching about the pubs being closed.

I like going to Templebar and chuckling at all the bewildered English stags and hens.

gurramok

prinz wrote: »

Say what now?

Here:

prinz wrote: »

The notion of deliberately going out of your way to break some rules you don't believe in or need to abide by is beyond me though. Childish.

prinz

gurramok wrote: »

Here:

If the cap fits. If you want to have a few cans on a Friday or whatever that's your business. If you want to go and make a song and dance about having cans or eating meat on Good Friday just because it's Good Friday it just makes you look like a wally.

Look at me I'm eating a big tasty lunch during Ramadan nyom nyom...

Formosa

Ehhh, yeah, I’m going to eat,like, loads of meat and stuff…and drink my head off (I’m mad, me)…God is such a dickhead…

Etc etc etc

Now I feel really cool.

c_man

Pretty much the same as any other day. Work etc.

RichieC

Temptamperu wrote: »

They putting you on or you a sub again Richie?




:P

I might get me game.

Dave!

prinz wrote: »

gurramok wrote: »

Here:

If the cap fits. If you want to have a few cans on a Friday or whatever that's your business. If you want to go and make a song and dance about having cans or eating meat on Good Friday just because it's Good Friday it just makes you look like a wally.

Look at me I'm eating a big tasty lunch during Ramadan nyom nyom...

In fairness you're not comparing like with like there - restaurants aren't forced to close on Ramadan.

If they were, it'd probably leave a bad taste in your mouth (sorry), but Christianity gets a free pass because "Ahh, shure..."

eyescreamcone

RichieC wrote: »

I might get me game.

Bigger chance of that happening than somebody rising from the dead after being crucified methinks

prinz

Dave! wrote: »

In fairness you're not comparing like with like there - restaurants aren't forced to close on Ramadan...

There's no law against having a few beers at home, or eating meat, or watching Life of Brian either.. and before you mention the pubs not serving I think it's a bit redundant to have it on the books these days myself... but the meat eating? Ya rebels.

GarIT

prinz wrote: »

I'll be having a pint or two because I'll be travelling, and whatever I feel like for dinner which may or may not include meat. The notion of deliberately going out of your way to break some rules you don't believe in or need to abide by is beyond me though. Childish.

When the church acts like a parent by telling us what we can't do even when we dont agree with them its natural for us to react like children :P

I Heart Internet

Ever since I've been working, I don't think I've ever had Good Friday off. If I was off I'd go to the stations.

I find the folk claiming they'll be having steak and beer to stick it to.....hem, I dunno - the sky fairy, the church, the pope, holy people or their mam to be about as funny and rebelious as the kid who tells every one he's giving up homework for lent. Rock on you crazy diamonds!

Dave!

prinz wrote: »

Dave! wrote: »

In fairness you're not comparing like with like there - restaurants aren't forced to close on Ramadan...

There's no law against having a few beers at home, or eating meat, or watching Life of Brian either.

But there is a law against opening pubs...

Let's not create a strawman here - the issue is whether a law such as this should exist, not whether there are still ways to get alcohol.

Typically this debate ends up being about "Can you not go a day without alcohol?!" which is of course beside the point.

prinz

GarIT wrote: »

When the church State acts like a parent by telling us what we can't do even when we dont agree with them its natural for us to react like children :P

I don't hear anyone telling you you can't eat meat if you don't agree with them. Or that you can't watch whatever DVD you like. If people want to be served in a pub go protest at a pub, instead they'll sit in an armchair mumbling into a can about how they are getting one over on..... nobody.

c_man

In fairness, people have been celebrating this time of year long before Christianity plopped onto the scene. If someone wants to have a few cans, a nice steak and receive a fair-decent bj to celebrate the longer days and coming Summer, then what's the harm?

prinz

Dave! wrote: »

But there is a law against opening pubs...
Let's not create a strawman here - the issue is whether a law such as this should exist, not whether there are still ways to get alcohol.
Typically this debate ends up being about "Can you not go a day without alcohol?!" which is of course beside the point.

That thread has been done to death. I agree the law shoudn't exist. What I am talking about is the examples on this thread... I'm going to eat a big juicy steak.. big whoopee. Nobody is going to come arrest you for it. If you aren't Roman Catholic go for it, eat your steak. All the bravado is just infantile.

eyescreamcone

The most mental tradition for me is the Corpus Christi Procession (early june in Cork).
Thousands of men walk from their parishes to hear the bishop preach from a pulpit on the Grand Parade - blah blah god hell blah
People put vatican flags out on this sunday.
When I was young we used to put a statue of Jesus himself up in the front window.
(That was before we broke the statue playing soccer - jesus was the goalie - he didn't save much though!)

Do other areas have this tradition??


I also remember getting wine with the communion at mass during lent when I was in my early teens. Does this still go on?

When we were doing our confirmation we had to learn off a brown book of questions about god stuff by rote.
I can only remember the very first question
Who is god?
God is our father in heaven, the most wonderful person ever!
I'd love to get hold of a copy of the brown cathecism now for a good Fr. Ted style laugh!

Remember standing outside of the church at sunday mass because there was no room inside??
Only seen now at the very busy funerals.

ziggy23

Might go nacker drinkin anyone wanna come?

Dave!

prinz wrote: »

Dave! wrote: »

But there is a law against opening pubs...
Let's not create a strawman here - the issue is whether a law such as this should exist, not whether there are still ways to get alcohol.
Typically this debate ends up being about "Can you not go a day without alcohol?!" which is of course beside the point.

That thread has been done to death. I agree the law shoudn't exist. What I am talking about is the examples on this thread... I'm going to eat a big juicy steak.. big whoopee. Nobody is going to come arrest you for it. If you aren't Roman Catholic go for it, eat your steak. All the bravado is just infantile.

Fair enough. Can't say I get any special pleasure from drinking on GF myself. If anything it would be bittersweet given that the religious conservatives still have a law on the books which is a relic from a different time.

gurramok

prinz wrote: »

If the cap fits. If you want to have a few cans on a Friday or whatever that's your business. If you want to go and make a song and dance about having cans or eating meat on Good Friday just because it's Good Friday it just makes you look like a wally.

Look at me I'm eating a big tasty lunch during Ramadan nyom nyom...

Nope, its your wally ancient laws imposing on other people's wishes.

prinz wrote: »

If people want to be served in a pub go protest at a pub

The offys are closed too thanks to your religious doctrine on non-Catholics.

I Heart Internet

Anyone with a problem with the licencing laws of this country should contact these guys:

http://www.gov.ie/tag/departments/

Please don't bother the catholic church at this time of year - we're all kinda busy.

PS On the Corpus Christi processions - Cork city still has a decent one. Very many of these traditions have not gone away at all - but if you don't look out for them, you won't see them. Simples.