Are we allowed to have cappuccino on Ash Wednesday?

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I was about to buy one and then I thought I’d ask first. I’m not eating in between meals…I know drinking is okay but how 'bout enjoyable drinks such as that?
 
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Stylus:
I was about to buy one and then I thought I’d ask first. I’m not eating in between meals…I know drinking is okay but how 'bout enjoyable drinks such as that?
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The definition of fasting (as opposed to abstinance) is, I think:

1 modest meal, with 2 other small meals that together do not make a full meal. And water to drink. And no meat.

This is, of course, for those who are relatively healthy, and not very young (-18), and not very old (?).

This is what our priest put in our Sunday bulletin.
 
My personnal feeling is that IF I can’t have it then you can’t have it…

Since I am lactose intolerant, and I can’ have Cappucino ever, then you shouldn’t be able to have it either Ash Wednesday or no Ash Wednesday. … 😃
 
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wcknight:
My personnal feeling is that IF I can’t have it then you can’t have it…

Since I am lactose intolerant, and I can’ have Cappucino ever, then you shouldn’t be able to have it either Ash Wednesday or no Ash Wednesday. … 😃
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Okay. I’ll give it all up for Lent if it makes you feel better. 😉
 
Our regluations say:

“. . . Eating between meals is not permitted on these two days, but liquids, including milk and fruit juices, are allowed.”

Doesn’t say anything about coffee or tea etc. although they are liquids. These are days of fasting and self-denial. Coffee and tea (and cappucino’s) are, as you put it “enjoyable drinks” and I would avoid them on the two days during the year the Church asks us to fast.
 
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Our regluations say:". . . Eating between meals is not permitted on these two days, but liquids, including milk and fruit juices, are allowed." Doesn’t say anything about coffee or tea etc. although they are liquids. These are days of fasting and self-denial. Coffee and tea (and cappucino’s) are, as you put it “enjoyable drinks” and I would avoid them on the two days during the year the Church asks us to fast.
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Except a for personal decision to forego enjoyable liquids what does enjoyable have to do with anything?
 
wisdom 3:5:
Our regluations say:

“. . . Eating between meals is not permitted on these two days, but liquids, including milk and fruit juices, are allowed.”
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arent there exceptions for diabetics and other medical conditions? some people’s glucose would go through the roof if they ate a larger meal at one of the “normal” times such as breakfast, lunch or dinner.

and certain medication require they be taken with food as well, which could require a person to eat a small snack when they are supposed to take the meds at 3pm.

as a paramedic too, we rarely get to eat a full meal before we get another EMS call. you can be sure that as soon as you sit down to eat, or have something on the stove or microwave…

Beep Beep Beep. “Dispatch, Medic 15. 123 Elm Street, vehicle collision with entrapment…”

it never fails.

i try and count as “meals”, the amount of food i actually intended to eat at that particular sitting. whether the first half or third was eaten at noon, and the rest at 2pm.

i also try and never go into the hospital ER with a very empty stomach, as sometimes the smells can make an empty stomach into a very nauseaus one. ick.
 
wisdom 3:5:
Our regluations say:

“. . . Eating between meals is not permitted on these two days, but liquids, including milk and fruit juices, are allowed.”

Doesn’t say anything about coffee or tea etc. although they are liquids. These are days of fasting and self-denial. Coffee and tea (and cappucino’s) are, as you put it “enjoyable drinks” and I would avoid them on the two days during the year the Church asks us to fast.
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Yet black coffee and tea are calorie-free, whereas milk and fruit juice are both high-calorie and would thus make the fast easier. It seems like drinking black coffee and tea would be more of a denial than drinking milk. Cappuccino, OTOH, is both coffee and milk, foam, cinnamon, etc., and is more of a dessert, which seems to be contrary to a fast.

I drank my coffee this morning, like every morning, because I’d have a migraine without it. I’ve completely avoided chocolate, though. 😛
 
Does the fast last all-day, or does it end at sun-down? I can’t remember.

Scout :tiphat:
 
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Scout:
Does the fast last all-day, or does it end at sun-down? I can’t remember.

Scout :tiphat:
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We need to know. I’m ordering the cheesesteaks to be delivered at Midnight.
 
I certainly had my coffee - with a fair amount of milk, I may add, since my stomach doesn’t tolerate milk-free coffee at all.

Not that I get headaches without it but I hadn’t slept well the previous night. I would hardly have been able to function - and I had an important client meeting - needed to be on my toes!

At least that’s my story and I’m sticking to it! … :rolleyes:
 
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rwoehmke:
Except a for personal decision to forego enjoyable liquids what does enjoyable have to do with anything?
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Oh, I was just emphasizing enjoyable over necessary because of self-denial during Lent.
 
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BioCatholic:
arent there exceptions for diabetics and other medical conditions? some people’s glucose would go through the roof if they ate a larger meal at one of the “normal” times such as breakfast, lunch or dinner.

and certain medication require they be taken with food as well, which could require a person to eat a small snack when they are supposed to take the meds at 3pm.
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There are exceptions. Anyone under 14 years of age and over 59. Also, when health or the ability to work would be seriously affected.
 
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SeekerJen:
Yet black coffee and tea are calorie-free, whereas milk and fruit juice are both high-calorie and would thus make the fast easier. It seems like drinking black coffee and tea would be more of a denial than drinking milk. Cappuccino, OTOH, is both coffee and milk, foam, cinnamon, etc., and is more of a dessert, which seems to be contrary to a fast.
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I think that’s the idea, to keep the blood sugar up or at least give it a boost. I’m on a low-carb diet right now & milk is great for helping with the “low-sugar” headaches I’ve gotten (lactose, you know).
 
JB.:
Does the cappuccino contain meat, meat broth or meat products?
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Actually a clear broth made from meat would be permitted under the latest rule laid down in the latest revision of Canon Law.
 
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rwoehmke:
Actually a clear broth made from meat would be permitted under the latest rule laid down in the latest revision of Canon Law.
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Interesting. Research suggests, counterintuitive as it may be, that this may be correct. So cappuccino made with meat broth may be permissible on meatless days, provided no discernable pieces of meat are present.
 
JB.:
Interesting. Research suggests, counterintuitive as it may be, that this may be correct. So cappuccino made with meat broth may be permissible on meatless days, provided no discernable pieces of meat are present.
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Ew
 
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