Feast Day Question

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I have in front of me a handy calendar with all sorts of feast days recorded on it. My question is: Where is all the food? Seriously.
 
You will find the feast in the Mass. The Bread of Life, The Holy Eucharist, the graces bestowed on you. Enjoy!
 
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You will find the feast in the Mass. The Bread of Life, The Holy Eucharist, the graces bestowed on you. Enjoy!
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haha… As a former Baptist I was sort of hoping there was a potluck going on somewhere after the Mass.
 
The food would have been there in the old days. There were alot of fast and penitential days - I mean alot! Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays were all abstinance days. Add to that the ember days, rogation days, all forty days of Lent except Sundays, all of Advent, and you are looking at nearly 1/2 the year spent in abstinance or fasting. And don’t forget the “great fast” from nightime until 6:00 am every day (from whence we get “breakfast.”

Thay also took gluttony seriously. That is why it is classed as a deadly sin. back in the day, if you cruised around with a 64 oz Happy Jug, you’d probably have gotten a visit from the Summoner.

The feasts permitted one to indulge more than usual. The name remains.
 
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The food would have been there in the old days. There were alot of fast and penitential days - I mean alot! Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays were all abstinance days. Add to that the ember days, rogation days, all forty days of Lent except Sundays, all of Advent, and you are looking at nearly 1/2 the year spent in abstinance or fasting. And don’t forget the “great fast” from nightime until 6:00 am every day (from whence we get “breakfast.”

Thay also took gluttony seriously. That is why it is classed as a deadly sin. back in the day, if you cruised around with a 64 oz Happy Jug, you’d probably have gotten a visit from the Summoner.

The feasts permitted one to indulge more than usual. The name remains.
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That’s rather intense. Does anyone still adhere to that level of fasting?
 
If we did you’d see alot more slender Catholics.

Warrenton, You reminded me of something I haven’t heard of in years…Rogation Sunday!
 
Medic_Mark said:
I have in front of me a handy calendar with all sorts of feast days recorded on it. My question is: Where is all the food? Seriously.
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Oh believe me, there is sitll plenty of feasting going on in Catholic communities! In my small hometown there are huge picnics in the summertime for St. Lawrence and the Assumption. Tons of roast lamb, pork, and all the side dishes. In my own house, we celebrate the feast of St. Francis with a nice meal since he is my son’s patron. Maybe it’s a local thing?
 
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That’s rather intense. Does anyone still adhere to that level of fasting?
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They were intense about that stuff, weren’t they?

I am told that in many parts of Greece, you can’t get meat dishes in restaurants during Lent.

Perhaps you would find that level of fasting and abstinence in an old-style monastery. The Greek monks of Mount Athos are pretty austere.
 
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