Corned Beef vs Lent

[Bonnie]

However, Fr. Richard Heilman said we should defer to our bishop and eat meat

So the Bishop ordered you to eat meat? Or did Fr. Richard Heilman (whoever he is) equate permission with an order?

 

[Bonnie]

Corned beef and cabbage might be Bostonian, rather than actually Irish.

One of the articles I read said the Irish immigrants learned about corned beef from their Jewish neighbors & it was cheaper than bacon. Don’t know about the cabbage. I don’t like either, no matter where it comes from!

 

[Barb3]

I don’t particularly like corned beef so it was easy for me not to eat it and eat something that I do like. For some reason I don’t particularly like meat any more and I do eat a lot of fish and pasta dishes on Friday night.

 

[Monte_RCMS]

This issue is humorous … but I am stunned by communications with family who have NO IDEA what fasting and abstinence is and what it involves.

NO IDEA.

 

[CatholicSpirit]

Humorous as it may be, it was a real dilemma. At least I learned of the bishop’s pardon, that is news to me. Eating no meat on Fridays during lent I am actually succeeding at. I’ve been in need of a good observance for quite some time.