Fasting norms for Extraordinary Form

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I realize the Traditional Latin Mass is still governed by the liturgical norms that were laid out in the pre-Vatican II Church (no female altar servers, no extraordinary ministers, etc). Does this also extend to the old practice of fasting from midnight the night before receiving Holy Communion, or will the contemporary practice of 1 hour before suffice?

I realize a longer fast is more reverent, but is this still a requirement? Is it a sin to receive at the TLM if you have eaten earlier that day?
 
DL82 said:
I realize the Traditional Latin Mass is still governed by the liturgical norms that were laid out in the pre-Vatican II Church (no female altar servers, no extraordinary ministers, etc). Does this also extend to the old practice of fasting from midnight the night before receiving Holy Communion, or will the contemporary practice of 1 hour before suffice?

I realize a longer fast is more reverent, but is this still a requirement? Is it a sin to receive at the TLM if you have eaten earlier that day?
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As long as you fast for at least an hour before receiving, you do not sin.

Although a lot of folks who attend the TLM observe either the three hour fast or the fast from midnight, Canon law says the minimum is 1 hour.
 
If I remember correctly, Pope Pius XII modified the fasting/abstainance norms to reflect the one hour fast before communion. So it remains today. Pope Paul VI changed the Friday regulations.

So to answer the question; the one hour will suffice. Meatless Fridays are no longer required, however, some form of penance is necessary.

Personally, I follow the one hour before communion and I abstain from meats on all Fridays.
 
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If I remember correctly, Pope Pius XII modified the fasting/abstainance norms to reflect the one hour fast before communion. So it remains today. Pope Paul VI changed the Friday regulations.

So to answer the question; the one hour will suffice. Meatless Fridays are no longer required, however, some form of penance is necessary.

Personally, I follow the one hour before communion and I abstain from meats on all Fridays.
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Actually Pius changed it from midnight to three hours before Mass. Paul lessened it further to one hour before the reception of Holy Communion. Paul also allowed conferences of bishops to request the Holy See to allow their people to optionally replace another penance for meatless Fridays if they so desire.

(Side note: I think it is a bit “unpastoral”–yes, I said that word–for people to know at what moment they will receive Holy Communion. I think this norm is extremely unreliable.)

To the OP: the law is one hour before Holy Communion.
 
Since the Law is one hour before the reception of the Eucharist, you’re fine if you stop eating one hour before Mass starts. This shouldn’t pose a problem unless you’re in the habit of going through the drive thru at McDonalds and getting an Egg McMuffin en route to Mass!
 
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Roman Ordo says Abstinence on All Fridays​

In the United States, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has declared that “the age of fasting is from the completion of the eighteenth year to the beginning of the sixtieth.” The USCCB also allows the substitution of some other form of penance for abstinence on all of the Fridays of the year, except for those Fridays in Lent. Thus, the rules for fasting and abstinence in the United States are:

Every person 14 years of age or older must abstain from meat (and items made with meat) on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all the Fridays of Lent.

Every person between the age of 18 and 60 must fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

Every person 14 years of age or older must abstain from meat (and items made with meat) on all other Fridays of the year, unless he or she substitutes some other form of penance for abstinence.

Abstaining from meat is the easiest form of penance for most people, as you can see the rules did not change, unless you do some form of sincere penance you ARE to abstain from meat.
 
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Roman Ordo says Abstinence on All Fridays​

In the United States, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has declared that “the age of fasting is from the completion of the eighteenth year to the beginning of the sixtieth.” The USCCB also allows the substitution of some other form of penance for abstinence on all of the Fridays of the year, except for those Fridays in Lent. Thus, the rules for fasting and abstinence in the United States are:

Every person 14 years of age or older must abstain from meat (and items made with meat) on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all the Fridays of Lent.

Every person between the age of 18 and 60 must fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

Every person 14 years of age or older must abstain from meat (and items made with meat) on all other Fridays of the year, unless he or she substitutes some other form of penance for abstinence.

Abstaining from meat is the easiest form of penance for most people, as you can see the rules did not change, unless you do some form of sincere penance you ARE to abstain from meat.
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What it means is you must perform some kind of penance of which abstaining from meat is one of the choices.
What is the difference between sincere penance and penance?
 
DL82 said:
I realize the Traditional Latin Mass is still governed by the liturgical norms that were laid out in the pre-Vatican II Church (no female altar servers, no extraordinary ministers, etc). Does this also extend to the old practice of fasting from midnight the night before receiving Holy Communion, or will the contemporary practice of 1 hour before suffice?

I realize a longer fast is more reverent, but is this still a requirement? Is it a sin to receive at the TLM if you have eaten earlier that day?
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ALL Roman Catholics, regardless of which form they attend, are governed by the Code of Canon Law, 1983 (the CIC 1917 has been abrogated, it does not have the force of law). In this case, it is Canon 919:
Can. 919 §1 Whoever is to receive the blessed Eucharist is to abstain for at least one hour before holy communion from all food and drink, with the sole exception of water and medicine.
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Understand then that this is what is required to not commit a moral sin (so yes, you can eat earlier in the day and receive the Eucharist later as long as it is 1 hour apart).

However, this is after all just what is required. If you wish to fast longer out of personal devotion that is of course your personal choice, but at minimum you must fast for 1 hour.
 
I am glad to read the norm for the Communion fast is the same for both forms. I know that the past was much longer.
 
=DL82;9540637]I realize the Traditional Latin Mass is still governed by the liturgical norms that were laid out in the pre-Vatican II Church (no female altar servers, no extraordinary ministers, etc). Does this also extend to the old practice of fasting from midnight the night before receiving Holy Communion, or will the contemporary practice of 1 hour before suffice?
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I realize a longer fast is more reverent, but is this still a requirement? Is it a sin to receive at the TLM if you have eaten earlier that day?
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NO!

The One-Hour FAST has been willingly approved by ROME:thumbsup:

God Bless,
pat/PJM
 
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