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Dourbest
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Could someone please explain this to me?
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CRV
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fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards.
Fasting from meat ie abstaining from meat - you don’t eat meat at any time on those days.
fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards.
Fasting from meat ie abstaining from meat - you don’t eat meat at any time on those days.
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Dourbest
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Is it required?
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CRV
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Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence.
Fast and Abstinence " On the Fridays outside of Lent the U.S. bishops conference obtained the permission of the Holy See for Catholics in the US to substitute a penitential, or even a charitable, practice of their own choosing. They must do some penitential/charitable practice on these Fridays. For most people the easiest practice to consistently fulfill will be the traditional one, to abstain from meat on all Fridays of the year. During Lent abstinence from meat on Fridays is obligatory in the United States as elsewhere."
Fast and Abstinence " On the Fridays outside of Lent the U.S. bishops conference obtained the permission of the Holy See for Catholics in the US to substitute a penitential, or even a charitable, practice of their own choosing. They must do some penitential/charitable practice on these Fridays. For most people the easiest practice to consistently fulfill will be the traditional one, to abstain from meat on all Fridays of the year. During Lent abstinence from meat on Fridays is obligatory in the United States as elsewhere."
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s.cono
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I choose to abstain from meat on Fridays throughout the year. For me it is the both the traditional aspect of it, and that it is straightforward and simple. CRV really nailed it in his post.
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Dourbest
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Thank you all for helping!!!
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Sarcelle
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Same here.
I also give up breakfast on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays since I am trying to combat the vice of gluttony for which I am vulnerable.
I also give up breakfast on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays since I am trying to combat the vice of gluttony for which I am vulnerable.
Tis_Bearself
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You should check on the rules for the country you are in.Is it required?
In some countries it is actually mandatory every Friday in the year.
In the USA, as someone described, you can substitute another penance on Fridays outside of Lent.
I have chosen to just go without meat because it saves me the trouble of coming up with something else.
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MrZoom
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Just to note also that if a solemnity falls on Friday, it is not a day of penance (per canon law). Friday of Easter Octave, which we had a couple of weeks ago, is one such day; the next Friday solemnity this year is June 28, the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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