Fasting On Fridays Outside of Lent

[Dave27360]

On Fridays outside of Lent what are some suggestions for fasting (other than abstaining from meat) or other forms of penance?

 

[Glennon_P]

Additional prayers. When I eat meat on one of those Fridays I pray an extra Rosary, for example.

A work of charity would be another example. You’re practicing penance by giving of your time to a brother or sister in need.

 

[SuscipeMeDomine]

Here is what the US bishops recommend in their Pastoral Statement on Penance and Abstinence:

1. It would bring great glory to God and good to souls if Fridays found our people doing volunteer work in hospitals, visiting the sick, serving the needs of the aged and the lonely, instructing the young in the Faith, participating as Christians in community affairs, and meeting our obligations to our families, our friends,our neighbors, and our community, including our parishes, with a special zeal born of the desire to add the merit of penance to the other virtues exercised in good works born of living faith.

 

[fredystairs]

Additional prayers. When I eat meat on one of those Fridays I pray an extra Rosary, for example.

I do that as well, especially when I’m invited to a dinner or some sort of celebration where I’m a guest. I don’t want to insult the host or draw attention to myself.

Pax