Holy Day on a Friday

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If a Holy Day of Obligation falls on a Friday, do we still have to do the Friday penance?
 
If a Solemnity (holy day of obligation or otherwise) falls on a Friday the faithful are not bound to abstinence.
Can. 1251 Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
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Following up on tee_em_off’s response, all the holy days of obligation in the United States are solemnities. So, no, we do not fast or abstain on holy days of obligation.
  • January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God;
  • Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter, the solemnity of the Ascension;
  • August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
  • November 1, the solemnity of All Saints;
  • December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception;
  • December 25, the solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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PhilotheaZ said:
Following up on **tee_
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*<ahem> * :ehh:

For further completeness, other Solemnities in the General Roman Calendar (excepting those which necessarily fall on a day other than Friday):
  • 6-Jan The Epiphany of the Lord [translated to Sunday in the US]
  • 19-Mar St Joseph, Husband of the BVM
  • 25-Mar The Annunciation of the Lord
  • 24-Jun The Birth of John the Baptist
  • 29-Jun SS Peter and Paul
  • *moveable *Friday in the Octave of Easter
  • *moveable (but always a Friday) *The Sacred Heart of Jesus
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tee_eff_em said:
*<ahem> * :ehh:
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tee_eff_em said:
*<ahem> * :ehh:

For further completeness, other Solemnities in the General Roman Calendar (excepting those which necessarily fall on a day other than Friday):
  • 6-Jan The Epiphany of the Lord [translated to Sunday in the US]
  • 19-Mar St Joseph, Husband of the BVM
  • 25-Mar The Annunciation of the Lord
  • 24-Jun The Birth of John the Baptist
  • 29-Jun SS Peter and Paul
  • *moveable *Friday in the Octave of Easter
  • *moveable (but always a Friday) *The Sacred Heart of Jesus
tee
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All days in the Octave of Easter, not just Friday, have the rank of Solemnity.
 
tee_eff_em said:
That is true.

But I do not believe the others ever fall on a Friday. 😉

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Actually, three years ago, the Tuesday in the Octave of Easter occurred on a Friday 😉 :whackadoo:

A related question, what about the Friday before a Solemnity occurring on a Saturday? I’m thinking of Christmas as the only one where we might like to have a big meat-y meal. Does “Friday” then end at 1st Vespers?
 
Spirithound said:
Actually, three years ago, the Tuesday in the Octave of Easter occurred on a Friday 😉 :whackadoo:

A related question, what about the Friday before a Solemnity occurring on a Saturday? I’m thinking of Christmas as the only one where we might like to have a big meat-y meal. Does “Friday” then end at 1st Vespers?
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I figure if I’ve gone to Christmas Eve Mass then it’s Christmas. (That’s not canon law, that’s just my own approach.)
 
Spirithound said:
Actually, three years ago, the Tuesday in the Octave of Easter occurred on a Friday 😉 :whackadoo:

A related question, what about the Friday before a Solemnity occurring on a Saturday? I’m thinking of Christmas as the only one where we might like to have a big meat-y meal. Does “Friday” then end at 1st Vespers?
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A good question that I have been intending to ask. somehow I sense that the answer is no, but haven’t a shred of evidence to support either answer.
 
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Joe_Kelley said:
Does the obligation to do Friday penance cease at Vespers or does it continue to midnight ion such a case?
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Liturgically, the celebration of the Solemnity starts with Evening Prayer I, so any obligation for Friday penance would end then.
 
tee_eff_em said:
*<ahem> * :ehh:

For further completeness, other Solemnities in the General Roman Calendar (excepting those which necessarily fall on a day other than Friday):
  • 6-Jan The Epiphany of the Lord [translated to Sunday in the US]
  • 19-Mar St Joseph, Husband of the BVM
  • 25-Mar The Annunciation of the Lord
  • 24-Jun The Birth of John the Baptist
  • 29-Jun SS Peter and Paul
  • *moveable *Friday in the Octave of Easter
  • *moveable (but always a Friday) *The Sacred Heart of Jesus
tee
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Isn’t the Friday in the Octave of Christmas also exempt from abstinance?
 
tee_eff_em said:
Nope (or at least: not by Can. 1251). It ranks well below a Solemnity on the Table of Liturgical Days (at #9)

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That might depend on one’s local conference of Bishops. In the U.S., the guidance for Fridays is:
Good Friday—Christ suffered and died for our salvation on Friday. On the Friday that we call “Good,” the Church gathers to commemorate Jesus’ Passion and death. Good Friday is a day of fast and abstinence. The Good Friday fast is the Paschal fast—a fast of anticipation and longing for the Passover of the Lord, which should continue, when possible, through Holy Saturday.
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Fridays During Lent—In the United States, the tradition of abstaining from meat on each Friday during Lent is maintained.
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Fridays Throughout the Year—In memory of Christ’s suffering and death, the Church prescribes making each Friday throughout the year a penitential day. All of us are urged to prepare appropriately for that weekly Easter that comes with each Sunday.
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And of course, this coming year, the Friday in the Octave of Christmas is the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God.
 
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