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Ghoti
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I usually consider McNuggets to be a penance…
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rpp
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So true!
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Ghoti
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Not to derail but…
There was a joke a while ago, when McDonald’s was first considering opening shop in India. The Indian Government stated its concern that India was a majority Hindu nation, and Hindus regard cows as sacred and therefor could not countenance the consumption of beef.
To which McD’s replied, “And your point is…?”
There was a joke a while ago, when McDonald’s was first considering opening shop in India. The Indian Government stated its concern that India was a majority Hindu nation, and Hindus regard cows as sacred and therefor could not countenance the consumption of beef.
To which McD’s replied, “And your point is…?”
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Ghoti
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I’ve tried locusts. They’re not bad, but I have a devil of a time breading the drumsticks.The exact definitions of what constitutes “meat” has actually varied over the centuries. The easiest rule of thumb is “warm blooded”, since carne-vale (meaning goodbye, meat!) suggests warm blooded animals.
So snakes and ex-girlfriends are fine.
Whales are not kosher.
Living organisms that don’t have blood are also fine. Enjoy your locusts.
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JPUSC
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Cows are sacredly delicious!
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Cluny
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Fasting today has left me weak and hungry…
It’s supposed to. Properly entered into, fasting is supposed to lead to a sense of brokenness and conscious dependence upon God.
and really wanting some chicken nuggets.
In which case you should show your mastery over food by NOT eating them, if all fasting is doing is make you think about what you’re going to eat when it’s over.
It’s supposed to. Properly entered into, fasting is supposed to lead to a sense of brokenness and conscious dependence upon God.
and really wanting some chicken nuggets.
In which case you should show your mastery over food by NOT eating them, if all fasting is doing is make you think about what you’re going to eat when it’s over.
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happymommy
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Are Chicken McNuggets really meat? I’m thinking…no
I think they are some form of rubber!!
I think they are some form of rubber!!
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Jsmith17
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Yesterday in RCIA someone asked these questions which no one really knew the answer to:
- On Fridays during lent can you eat turtles?
- How about bugs?
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Eucharisted
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Chicken rubber!Are Chicken McNuggets really meat? I’m thinking…no
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Br.Rich_SFO
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Yes, as well as frog legs.
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Phemie
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It’s funny how through the years various things have been defined as ‘non-meat’ by the Church for the purpose of abstinence. Seal & whale come to mind. It seems that if it lived in water it was deemed not to be meat even if the animal it came from was a mammal. I’ll bet that beaver and otter were both allowed too, although I’d rather have them as pets than as supper.
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VociMike
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When I was young sometimes my parents would wait until midnight on Friday and then get a pizza with everything on it. Of course we were asleep by then. But in the morning we would wake to the leftovers, and they were always good about leaving lots of leftovers. Oh how we did enjoy that cold Saturday morning pizza while watching our cartoons!
Do I have a point? If I do, I guess it’s that what they may have lacked in penitential fervor, they made up for in generosity.
Do I have a point? If I do, I guess it’s that what they may have lacked in penitential fervor, they made up for in generosity.
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Kolbelover
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What a TERRIFIC response!!
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Joe_5859
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Welcome!
That’s great that you’re coming into the Church! Congrats!Given your list of food items, It doesn’t sound like you overdid it. We are allowed two small meals and one larger meal. All three of your meals sound pretty small to me!
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Newbie2
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I’m not interested in merely legally adhering to the fasting law but in spirit as well. It’s not a matter of what they eat, but the fact that they’ve scheduled an activity that would require them to take in more calories than on an average day on a day of fasting…at a Catholic School.
This is off-season training as well, and could very easily have been scheduled to leave out Ash Wednesday or done on a different week. Methinks the AD or coach or principal or whoever dropped the ball on this one, no pun intended.
OK, pun intended.
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Appleby
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I am a newish Catholic, after a lifetime of other religions (most recently Anglican). I was surprised to see that the requirement to fast ends at age 59 (I will be 61 tomorrow) but assumed that this meant we old fogies should use our best judgment and went ahead and fasted and abstained anyway. I am not a big eater, so most of what y’all are calling “small meals” is more food than I eat in an average day.
I was not aware that the rule about no meat on Fridays had not actually changed – I really thought it had. But the minute I discovered it had not, I went back to meatless Fridays. Fish and Chips are the proper food for Fridays anyway, always have been.
Since an organization called Second Harvest is having Lunch Money Day today (when you donate what money you would normally spend on lunch), I jumped the gun and contributed my Lunch Money yesterday as a part of my fasting and abstinence.
I was not aware that the rule about no meat on Fridays had not actually changed – I really thought it had. But the minute I discovered it had not, I went back to meatless Fridays. Fish and Chips are the proper food for Fridays anyway, always have been.
Since an organization called Second Harvest is having Lunch Money Day today (when you donate what money you would normally spend on lunch), I jumped the gun and contributed my Lunch Money yesterday as a part of my fasting and abstinence.
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Ghoti
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Maverick
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Or perform some other penitential act? I’m not sure what that is, a penitential act.
I was under the impression that we only had to abstain from meat on Fridays during Lent. Because of what I am reading here, I think I should abstain from meat on Fridays all year. Because I haven’t been doing any extra penitential acts on Fridays.
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Joe_5859
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A penitential act is an act of penance, of course!
There are lots of things to choose from in deciding upon a penitential act: sleep on the floor, take an ice cold shower, put a pebble in your shoe, no candy or snacks, an extra hour of prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament, walk to work instead of drive, etc., etc. There’s lots of room for creativity!
I usually go without listening to music in the car on Fridays as my act of penance. It’s much more of a penance for me than not eating meat.
Of course, now my bishop is inviting the Catholics of my diocese to return to abstaining from meat on every Friday, even after Lent is over. So I’ll be joining you in meatless Fridays year-round.
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Maverick
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OK thanks for the information.A penitential act is an act of penance, of course!
There are lots of things to choose from in deciding upon a penitential act: sleep on the floor, take an ice cold shower, put a pebble in your shoe, no candy or snacks, an extra hour of prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament, walk to work instead of drive, etc., etc. There’s lots of room for creativity!
I usually go without listening to music in the car on Fridays as my act of penance. It’s much more of a penance for me than not eating meat.
Of course, now my bishop is inviting the Catholics of my diocese to return to abstaining from meat on every Friday, even after Lent is over. So I’ll be joining you in meatless Fridays year-round.
I think it may have been useful back in the 1950’s when Catholics had to abstain from meat on every Friday. Forging a Catholic identity, reverence, etc. Your Bishop might have a good idea.
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