Do you eat meat on Fridays?

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When I converted I decided that I would give up meat on Friday. I’ve forgotten a few times and on those days I do another form of penance.
 
I usually don’t eat meat on Friday and also make an effort to pray the rosary or do extra spiritual reading.
 
Elizium23 said:
I can understand and I sympathize with you here!

I abstain on all Fridays also. A few weeks ago, I went to my favorite Vietnamese restaurant and ordered goi cuon. These are fresh salad rolls in rice paper with shrimp and pork. So I ordered mine without pork. But the restaurant was busy, which made the waitress confused. She brought me the wrong order. I took one bite and found pork. I decided to pull it out and eat the rest. Then when I talked to the owner I realized I got someone else’s order. I felt kind of bad that I didn’t send it back, because maybe the other person got their order without pork.

I am not a rude person who sends back dishes at restaurants. I tend to just eat what is before me. But I have learned that sometimes it is worth your while to speak up when something is not right. Last night I bought a bottle of sparkling water, but it was flat. I mentioned this and exchanged it for another one, which was also flat. I guess a whole batch had been accidentally frozen. The barista was more than willing to keep giving me bottles until I was satisfied, but I said I would drink the flat bottle anyway. It tasted fine. I think they will probably open them all up anyway. The moral of the story is that you can speak up about your order without being rude. The restaurant is probably eager to hear about problems so they can correct them before they get out of hand.

The local Knights of Columbus have promoted a program where we abstain from meat and offer it up for the unborn children facing abortion. I think this is gaining some traction. I have mentioned it twice to my own Council, and it is circulating on a state level if not higher now. We are all pledging to do something for the unborn. Even if we just offer a daily prayer, it is so powerful and helpful when we offer a spiritual penance.

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As an old restaurant owner…it is NOT rude to send an order back if there is the slightest thing wrong with it. The last thing in the world we want is for our customers to walk away unsatisfied. Like I said nothing wrong with sending food back if it is not to your liking.
 
There are a lot of alternatives to a meatless Friday. Mac & Cheese, PB&J sandwiches, veggie stir fry, Rice/shrimp salad, and the list could go on and on.🙂

And yes, we abstain on all Fridays, except when a Solemnity occurs on Friday.
 
Please correct me if I am wrong but the rule for ordinary time is no meat on Fridays expect if you give up something else or something like that?
 
corsair said:
There are a lot of alternatives to a meatless Friday. Mac & Cheese, PB&J sandwiches, veggie stir fry, Rice/shrimp salad, and the list could go on and on.🙂

And yes, we abstain on all Fridays, except when a Solemnity occurs on Friday.
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What about deep fried fish! Who said that a meatless Friday had to be healthy! 😛
 
Boulder257 said:
Every now and then I will end up at a place that doesn’t have another option and I will make an exception. Otherwise, no meat on Fridays. Obviously Lent is ALWAYS a no.
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If I eat at home, I don’t eat meat. But if I go out, I end up eating meat because most places don’t have a meat free option that I can eat. I actually avoid travel during Lent.
Gidge said:
I can’t think of any place that does not have salad or vegetarian offerings (Even McD’s has filet-o-fish). :confused:
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I have Celiac Disease. So a filet o fish is not an option for me.
 
GangGreen said:
Simple question.

I try my best not to and typically don’t, but sometimes I do if there’s a special occasion or I can’t find any fish to eat for lunch. Lent is always a no.
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This would be my answer as well… Generally, no meat on fridays but sometimes do… Lent never.

In addition, I will fast (from all food and drink except water) in the mornings. I saw that in another blog somewhere and thought it was a great idea and could incorporate it into my own routine.
 
maryjk said:
If I eat at home, I don’t eat meat. But if I go out, I end up eating meat because most places don’t have a meat free option that I can eat. I actually avoid travel during Lent.

I have Celiac Disease. So a filet o fish is not an option for me.
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Salad or vegetarian fare would work, so long as it doesn’t have wheat/gluten byproducts right ?

People who are ill are exempt from the Friday abstinence, as I recall – don’t know if Celiac disease qualifies for this dispensation, or if it has to be a grave illness ?

My point was that the penitential act in place of meatless Fridays outside of Lent was ignored in my part of the world (New England). 🙂
 
Gidge said:
Salad or vegetarian fare would work, so long as it doesn’t have wheat/gluten byproducts right ?
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You would be amazed at how hard that can be sometimes. For example, at McDonald’s, I can have a side salad. Oh, and a drink. :rolleyes:
People who are ill are exempt from the Friday abstinence, as I recall – don’t know if Celiac disease qualifies for this dispensation, or if it has to be a grave illness ?
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Celiac isn’t grave.
My point was that the penitential act in place of meatless Fridays outside of Lent was ignored in my part of the world (New England). 🙂
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It is where I am too.
 
Gidge said:
People who are ill are exempt from the Friday abstinence, as I recall – don’t know if Celiac disease qualifies for this dispensation, or if it has to be a grave illness ?
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Celiac disease IS a grave illness. For those of us who are gluten intolerant (the severity varies) it is usually not a grave illness - but can be - it depends.
 
I don’t eat meat on Fridays except when we are at a ball game or a cow show. Non meat food is hard to find in those places over here.
 
Never during Lent. Sometimes the rest of the year, but I try to remember not to. It’s something I need to be better about.
 
_Gemma said:
Is this just Traditional Catholicism or is it recommended for all Catholics? I’m a new Catholic so all I learnt in RCIA was to fast from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

I have a friend who doesn’t eat meat Fridays but I didn’t realise other Catholics did during non-lent months.

Can anyone offer any advice or give me any links to information about this because I would like to start doing this?
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Gemma,

Being that you are in the traditional Catholic section, “traditional Catholicism” is the only Catholicism. What is recommended for one is recommended for all. God does not give different requirements to Catholics who try to identify themselves one way or another. It is best not to eat meat on Fridays because that is what Catholics have done for a long time, until it was changed rather recently.

My fiancé recently went through the RCIA program in our area, and I was there to experience some of the classes. Unfortunately most RCIA programs are run by well-intentioned but not very informed people. What you were taught may not be completely inline with the Church and I encourage you to do some digging of your own. This pertains to everything you learned, not just meatless Fridays.

Here is a link that has a chart that spells out fasting requirements and shows when the requirements were changed. However fasting has benefits for you soul and shouldn’t be avoided because it is not required of us. fisheaters.com/fasting.html

Hope that helps!!
 
Very rarely eat meat on Friday. I don’t say anything rude to people, but I admit I can get pretty disappointed with Catholics who put meat out for you on Friday.
 
I only eat meat on Fridays when I forget it is Friday. However, so many times, I get convicted and reminded that it is Friday just before I take a bite.
 
I NEVER eat meat on all fridays of the year. Except during Solemnities on a Friday and the Easter Octave.
It’s also because it’s canon law here in England (and Wales) to abstain from meat on fridays.
 
lakotak said:
I only eat meat on Fridays when I forget it is Friday. However, so many times, I get convicted and reminded that it is Friday just before I take a bite.
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That is “me” for the most part. There’s been a few instances where I remember it’s Friday immediately after a bite. If I have not swallowed it yet, I spit out the bite and save the meal for Saturday. If I have already swallowed it, I eat the meal and do another penence. There are rare occassions when my wife and I will actually plan a meat-meal (like if we have meat that is about to go bad and NEEDS to be eaten ASAP) or attend a dinner with others that has meat. In those occassions, we practice an alternate penance. (Of coarse, during Lent we make no exceptions.)
 
No, unless I’m a guest at someones house and the meal they prepared has meat in it. Then I just eat what is being given to me.
 
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