Accidentally ate meat today...

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You mean – you fully intended to abstain during the Fridays of Lent --but it just completely slipped your mind and you ate meat and then after you finished you realized you did so and said --oh no I forgot?

Sounds like* no sin* if that was the case.
 
Yes, i am about to get lunch now… realized i had to go with cheese instead of pepperoni pizza, i then realized i had a sausage with breakfast… shoot.
 
sowinskija said:
Is it a sin? if so, is it mortal or venial?
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That’s too bad. It’s a grave sin, but only venial because you did not give consent at the time you ate the meat. Take it to confession if you wish, but it is not necessary.
 
dshix said:
That’s too bad. It’s a grave sin, but only venial because you did not give consent at the time you ate the meat. Take it to confession if you wish,(the sausage or the sin:blush: oops sorry if you’re offended but couldn’t help the idea of taking the sausage to confession for the priest for his…?) but it is not necessary.
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Side Note: --according to Paenitemini --it is their substantial observance that binds gravely (other then such would be it seems venial …unless of course due to circumstance like grave disobedience)

“The time of Lent preserves its penitential character. The days of penitence to be observed under obligation throughout the Church are all Fridays and Ash Wednesday, that is to say the first days of “Grande Quaresima” (Great Lent), according to the diversity of the rites. Their substantial observance binds gravely.”

Pope Paul VI Paenitemini

(note of course that in many places the other Fridays (aside from Good Friday and Lent) of the year may have been altered by the national Conference of Bishops)
 
sowinskija said:
So the sin was mortal
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You mean – you fully intended to abstain during the Fridays of Lent --but it just completely slipped your mind and you ate meat and then after you finished you realized you did so and said --oh no I forgot?

Sounds like no sin if that was the case.
 
Compendium issued by Pope Benedict XVI
  1. When does one commit a mortal sin?
1855-1861
1874

One commits a mortal sin when there are simultaneously present: grave matter, full knowledge, and deliberate consent. This sin destroys charity in us, deprives us of sanctifying grace, and, if unrepented, leads us to the eternal death of hell. It can be forgiven in the ordinary way by means of the sacraments of Baptism and of Penance or Reconciliation.
  1. When does one commit a venial sin?
1862-1864
1875

One commits a venial sin, which is essentially different from a mortal sin, when the matter involved is less serious or, even if it is grave, when full knowledge or complete consent are absent. Venial sin does not break the covenant with God but it weakens charity and manifests a disordered affection for created goods. It impedes the progress of a soul in the exercise of the virtues and in the practice of moral good. It merits temporal punishment which purifies.

vatican.va/archive/compendium_ccc/documents/archive_2005_compendium-ccc_en.html
 
If you want to make amend, you can also choose no meat tomorrow. According to what i read, i don’t think it is but you can confess it to give you peace. I am not a priest, so i cannot advise you adequately. If in doubt, i go to confess simply.
 
sowinskija said:
Yes, i am about to get lunch now… realized i had to go with cheese instead of pepperoni pizza, i then realized i had a sausage with breakfast… shoot.
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You forgot that it was a Friday during Lent when you ate breakfast.

Forgetting is not a sin.

It was an accident that you ate meat for breakfast on a Friday during Lent. You had breakfast based on a habit of sometimes having meat for breakfast.

You almost ate lunch based on a habit of having meat at meals. At lunch, you recalled it as a Friday during Lent and changed your meal.

You did not commit a sin at breakfast.
 
houston1 said:
It was an accident. So, no sin. Do not worry.
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I second this.

It’s not a sin, relax, you are not the first or only person to forget on Friday in Lent.

Some telling you it is a sin, also might think Ash Wednesday is a holy day of obligation.
I bet priests get a few confessions about missing that one, since it is possible to forget, though not as easily than meat on Friday.

Remember that intent is a part of sin.
 
Because you had not intended to eat meat in violation of the doctrinal requirement to abstain this removes the “will” from the act.

Ergo, the act is not a mortal sin.

It might be venial or not a sin.

I would recommend including it in your next regular confession but it is technically unnecessary and is technically taken care of during the general confession done during mass.
 
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