For those who abstain on Fridays

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Absolutely not. It is the highest ordered feast days on the liturgical calendar. Would you abstain on Easter Sunday? Then you can’t abstain on Easter Friday, they are liturgically the same day.
 
Corki said:
No - the whole octave is a feast.
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Actually, it is ranked as a solemnity; a feast would not supersede the requirement for penance and abstinence, but solemnities do. Solemnity is the highest rank of a feast day.
 
Elizium23 said:
Actually, it is ranked as a solemnity; a feast would not supersede the requirement for penance and abstinence, but solemnities do. Solemnity is the highest rank of a feast day.
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ok, but I’m still not abstaining.😃
 
I may have misunderstood the question…but we are not allowed to eat meat on
good friday.
 
oops,I get it now…THIS friday !
for what it is worth, I do not abstain.
 
Yes, the question is for those who abstain from meat year round on Fridays. I suppose I could have been more clear.
 
I guess my family is from the old - old school.

We abstain from meat on all Fridays except: From Easter to Pentecost and From Christmas until January 6th (Epiphany) … Unless that Friday is a major feast day.
 
kristacecilia said:
Absolutely not. It is the highest ordered feast days on the liturgical calendar. Would you abstain on Easter Sunday? Then you can’t abstain on Easter Friday, they are liturgically the same day.
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Well, yes, you* may* abstain. Catholics are allowed to be vegetarians any day they like. 😉

But you are right: Solemnities are to be observed as festive days, while Fridays are to be observed as penitential days. When a solemnity falls on a Friday, the otherwise penitential nature of the Friday is abrogated in favor of a fully festive observance of the feast day.

Almsgiving and prayer are proper observances of any day of the year, though! Maybe on a solemnity it would be nice to prefer the Glorious Mysteries over the Sorrowful, but the faithful may pray any of the rosary that they feel moved to pray, even on a solemnity.
 
For me, I just give up meat for every Friday of the year. Much easier that way.
 
Personally I have given up meat on every Friday. It just keeps me in the habit… I’m human and it’s easy to fall back into my old ways if I’m not severely strict.
 
We abstain on every Friday, unless it is a special family occasion and someone has gone to the trouble of making a nice carniverous dinner. :o
 
Catholic1954 said:
We abstain on every Friday, unless it is a special family occasion and someone has gone to the trouble of making a nice carniverous dinner. :o
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😃

We do too. If I am at work I will say an extra rosary or reflect on the Mysteries (per Fr. Serpa) or switch Thursday or Saturday for Friday. Sometimes I luck out at work if somebody wants to cook salmon. 👍
 
In the Eastern rite, the week following Easter is Bright week. No fasting, but joy and celebration that He is Risen! No more tears and mourning!
 
CatholicFireman said:
😃

We do too. If I am at work I will say an extra rosary or reflect on the Mysteries (per Fr. Serpa) or switch Thursday or Saturday for Friday. Sometimes I luck out at work if somebody wants to cook salmon. 👍
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If you look at the old European recipes, traditional foods for the feast days that fell during Lent–such as the Feast of St. Joseph, the patron of Italy–were typically both festive and meatless. Even for Christmas Eve, you find seafood dishes on the traditional menu. It is allowed to abstain from meat on solemnities that fall on a day that would have had a penitential character otherwise, and these traditional dishes are a fun way to do it.
 
Well, I had chicken for lunch. Because it was there and because I could!

When it came to coming up with something for supper I decided to go with my favorite food of all: shrimp. I know I can have it on any Friday but always feel a bit odd doing so. Not yesterday! Shrimp and chocolate cake! My idea of a party!
 
SMHW said:
Well, I had chicken for lunch. Because it was there and because I could!

When it came to coming up with something for supper I decided to go with my favorite food of all: shrimp. I know I can have it on any Friday but always feel a bit odd doing so. Not yesterday! Shrimp and chocolate cake! My idea of a party!
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The duty to do penance has gotten short shrift in our times, but sometimes I think we take the duty to celebrate the hinges of our liturgical year for their full octaves even less seriously!

Go Chocolate!! 👍
 
EasterJoy said:
If you look at the old European recipes, traditional foods for the feast days that fell during Lent–such as the Feast of St. Joseph, the patron of Italy–were typically both festive and meatless. Even for Christmas Eve, you find seafood dishes on the traditional menu. It is allowed to abstain from meat on solemnities that fall on a day that would have had a penitential character otherwise, and these traditional dishes are a fun way to do it.
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Awesome info. Thanks! I did, however, know (and practice) the Christmas Eve tradition. Native New York Italian here. 😉
 
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