During the month of lent, almost every meat store is closed on Fridays. If we do eat out on Friday, we have the best fried fish tacos Autlan has to offer. Tacos are our fast food, that is brought to your door.
As I was doing some shopping downtown yesterday, I had on my list bacon and ground hamburger (meat is cheaper at the fresh meat markets). After going into the open air market buy some various different fruits and veggies, I then went to get the meat. To my surprise it was closed. These little store around the market are hardly ever closed. But pretty much every meat shop was closed due to the majority of good catholics not eating meat on Fridays for lent. On my list was crab meat, which is Lilly’s favorite food. I went to the seafood shop. My goodness, this place was busy busy. They had huge plastic containers filled with fish ceviche. It is a dish made with tomatoes, onions, cilantro and bits of fish kind of like pico de gallo. You eat it with tostadas. Very yummy. They had huge containers. I would say maybe 15 gallons worth. Instead of meat they eat fish. With this season, we often get opportunities to speak about why we eat meat on Fridays. What does fasting really mean in bible? What does Jesus teach about lent? If you are fasting what are the reasons your fasting? These are just a few of the questions the raised during this time. We love the opportunities to speak the truth of what Jesus actually said about things. Like in the sermon on the mount, when he says, put oil on your head so that no one may know that you are fasting. This is between you and Jesus. Are you walking in personal obedience or just following the traditions of man? Something to reflect and ponder today.
As I was doing some shopping downtown yesterday, I had on my list bacon and ground hamburger (meat is cheaper at the fresh meat markets). After going into the open air market buy some various different fruits and veggies, I then went to get the meat. To my surprise it was closed. These little store around the market are hardly ever closed. But pretty much every meat shop was closed due to the majority of good catholics not eating meat on Fridays for lent. On my list was crab meat, which is Lilly’s favorite food. I went to the seafood shop. My goodness, this place was busy busy. They had huge plastic containers filled with fish ceviche. It is a dish made with tomatoes, onions, cilantro and bits of fish kind of like pico de gallo. You eat it with tostadas. Very yummy. They had huge containers. I would say maybe 15 gallons worth. Instead of meat they eat fish. With this season, we often get opportunities to speak about why we eat meat on Fridays. What does fasting really mean in bible? What does Jesus teach about lent? If you are fasting what are the reasons your fasting? These are just a few of the questions the raised during this time. We love the opportunities to speak the truth of what Jesus actually said about things. Like in the sermon on the mount, when he says, put oil on your head so that no one may know that you are fasting. This is between you and Jesus. Are you walking in personal obedience or just following the traditions of man? Something to reflect and ponder today.
