If meatless FRi would become the norm, how would you feel about it

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LemonAndLime said:
In England, as of the anniversary of the date of the Pope’s visit, all Catholics in the UK are required to abstain from meat on Friday. At the moment it’s a choice.

I only found out by reading this thread just now that we’re required to do penance on a Friday. 😊 I might start abstaining from meat, seeing as it’s only a matter of time before I’m obligated to.
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Lol, I was a Catholic for three years before I was taught that Fridays are still days of penance.
 
Sailor_Kenshin said:
Lol, I was a Catholic for three years before I was taught that Fridays are still days of penance.
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I only found out about the British rules on penance being changed when I read it on an American Catholic blog on EWTN!
 
If meatless Fridays were to become the norm, I’d feel happy about that. :):)🙂
 
I actually don’t like meat, so I would be happy. But on Fridays during Lent, I almost feel like I should be eating meat, so I’m sort of anti-sacrificing by pushing myself to do something I don’t enjoy. Or maybe I should give up something else…
 
I think you should experience it as a sacrifice, so I think you are called to abstain from something else or another form of penance to better appreciate what Jesus did on Good Friday in preparation for the celebration of mass on little Easter (Sunday Mass). This practice is to help us grow in love for others.
 
I would experience it as a sacrifice. As it should be. I pray for it to happen, as it should be the norm.

Tell me honestly: How can one eat meat on fridays and enjoy yourself when you know that Lord Jesus Christ died for us, for our sins and went through horrible things that none of us possible fully can comprehend. For the love of us.

Please, explain me that.
 
Padraig1972 said:
I would experience it as a sacrifice. As it should be. I pray for it to happen, as it should be the norm.

Tell me honestly: How can one eat meat on fridays and enjoy yourself when you know that Lord Jesus Christ died for us, for our sins and went through horrible things that none of us possible fully can comprehend. For the love of us.

Please, explain me that.
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Err, we should always be aware of that fact? Not just on Fridays.

I’m all for meatless Fridays because apart from the penitential nature. I think it is a great witness to non-Catholics.
 
Padraig1972 said:
I would experience it as a sacrifice. As it should be. I pray for it to happen, as it should be the norm.

Tell me honestly: How can one eat meat on fridays and enjoy yourself when you know that Lord Jesus Christ died for us, for our sins and went through horrible things that none of us possible fully can comprehend. For the love of us.

Please, explain me that.
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By choosing another form of penance, which is entirely licit in this country outside of Lent.
 
Padraig1972 said:
I would experience it as a sacrifice. As it should be. I pray for it to happen, as it should be the norm.

Tell me honestly: How can one eat meat on fridays and enjoy yourself when you know that Lord Jesus Christ died for us, for our sins and went through horrible things that none of us possible fully can comprehend. For the love of us.

Please, explain me that.
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I always want to remember, always as in every moment of my life, that Jesus died for me, and suffered for my sins. I do not think that that means that Jesus never wants me to enjoy what I am doing. If I am properly eating meat at an appropriate and allowed time, a non-Lent Friday, or a Sunday, or if I am singing during Mass, or if I am looking at my new-born grandchild, or riding my horse, I always want to remember the sacrifices the Christ made for me. And one of the sacrifices that I offer to Him in return, at His word, is “a sacrifice of praise”. I do not think that we are meant to offer a sacrifice of praise while feeling miserable.

Does that help?
 
Sailor_Kenshin said:
By choosing another form of penance, which is entirely licit in this country outside of Lent.
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Yes, but i dont eat met on fridays still and neither no sweets, tv, soda, movies and unneccecary things. My parish priest says its strict but do encourage it.
 
RSD said:
I always want to remember, always as in every moment of my life, that Jesus died for me, and suffered for my sins. I do not think that that means that Jesus never wants me to enjoy what I am doing. If I am properly eating meat at an appropriate and allowed time, a non-Lent Friday, or a Sunday, or if I am singing during Mass, or if I am looking at my new-born grandchild, or riding my horse, I always want to remember the sacrifices the Christ made for me. And one of the sacrifices that I offer to Him in return, at His word, is “a sacrifice of praise”. I do not think that we are meant to offer a sacrifice of praise while feeling miserable.

Does that help?
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Indeed. Thank you. It is nice to get an idea how other look at this and try to live humbly.
 
TrueLight said:
Err, we should always be aware of that fact? Not just on Fridays.

I’m all for meatless Fridays because apart from the penitential nature. I think it is a great witness to non-Catholics.
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Yes, but especially on fridays. As England and Wales has made this mandatory, i hope other countries follow their example and that Our Holy Father makes it mandatory.
 
I would be in favor of making meatless Fridays an obligation for all Catholics. Though I never thought it was much of a penance, and is probably even less so today in an age of vegetarians and those who have cut back on or even cut out meat for various health reasons, it was important because it publicly identified Catholics as CATHOLICS. This was good both for the Church as a whole and for individual Catholics. In short, it made the Church more visible in the world and helped to identify and unite the Church as a faith-centered visible community. And, its observence reminded individual Catholics on a weekly basis that being Catholic entailed more obligations than (unfortunately) an all too ritualistic attendence at Sunday Mass. Imagine the consequences if parents had to remind their children once again that we as Catholics don 't eat meat on Fridays because of what happened on Calvary. Remember the following proverbial rhyme:
For Want of a Nail
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
There have been a lot of lost nails in the name of reform and relevence.
 
I’d be thrilled if meatless friday was the norm.

Than we can move on to meatless Wednesday!

(another lost latin tradition.)
 
I never eat meat on Fridays and I don’t eat meat in Lent at all (I eat fish though).
 
No sweat, having done it years:)…the local fish and chippery does well in this neck of the woods.😃 Lots of fun increasing your recipe base with non meat alternatives.👍
 
Chris_McAvoy said:
I’d be thrilled if meatless friday was the norm.

Than we can move on to meatless Wednesday!

(another lost latin tradition.)
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How about restoring the three-hour fast before communion to make it more meaningful perhaps?
 
ProVobis said:
How about restoring the three-hour fast before communion to make it more meaningful perhaps?
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Last week the parish had a special ordination anniversary mass, so before the mass one of the servers/deacon(?), explained the rules of the 1962 mass as there would be people there who wasn’t used to it.

So he spoke of the one hour fast and he said that included candy. My friend and I happened to be enjoying some cough drops. We said “oops” and laughed. Although of course I wasn’t taking communion anyway.
 
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