Now I think I hear voices in the biscuit barrel ...

The
Catholic Weekly
Online

Sydney
14 March 2004

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Now I think I hear voices in the biscuit barrel ...

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Now I think I hear voices in the biscuit barrel ...

By Dan Morris

As Lent progresses and we struggle daily with pledges to go without chocolate (or beer or gossip or whatever) for these 40 days, it seems appropriate to take a serious look at the Adam-and-Eve principle of the universe.

That, of course, goes: “Once you are told you may not do something, you want to do it all the more.”

How come? Why would a non-breakfast eater like me, for example, develop an intense desire for bacon and eggs with all the trimmings after being told by a doctor not to eat before coming in at 9am?

Why will a four-year-old circle the biscuit barrel for hours after being told to stay out of it? Yes, a 40-year-old will do the same thing.

Perhaps my friend Bob is correct. We Catholics should somehow use Lent to make this hands-off-the-apples thing work for us, not against us. Especially if Lent is a time to light a little fire under our faith lives.

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