Meat, Fasting and Abstaining on Solemnity?

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Just to make sure I understand this. Is it okay to eat meat of Friday if a Solemnity falls on it? Tomorrow is the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jeus.
 
Here is the relevant number in the canon for you:

Canon 1251 Abstinence from eating meat or another food according to the prescriptions of the conference of bishops is to be observed on Fridays throughout the year unless they are solemnities; abstinence and fast are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and on the Friday of the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
 
Thanks. That’s exactly what i was looking for. I tried to google it but am at work trying to get things done quick. I have to leave early today, bought a special foot long sub and the budget’s tight so I want to eat the rest tomorrow. I thought I was right and you just confirmed it…Thanks
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WA-HOO! Nothin’ like one o’ them solemnities on a FRIDAY!
 
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**THANKS! I hadn’t known that tomorrow was the *Solemnity ***of the Sacred Heart!❤️**I was going to look it up earlier today but then I got distracted. I knew it was sometime around this time because my birthday is on the June 2 and I was born on the *Solemnity ***of the Sacred Heart. Thanks again! I just told my dad so he is going to plan a big dinner for tomorrow!👍
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THANKS! I hadn’t known that tomorrow was the feast of the Sacred Heart! I was going to look it up earlier today but then I got distracted. I knew it was sometime around this time because my birthday is on the June 2 and I was born on the feast of the Sacred Heart. Thanks again! I just told my dad so he is going to plan a big dinner for tomorrow!👍
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Not just a FEAST! It’s a SOLEMNITY! YAY!!!
 
All I was doing was trying to save money mainly. Things are going to be tight this summer as we make a big career move. The wife is going from home daycare to teaching. We’re losing a big income while she attend school this summer. We’re praying for someone to offer her a teaching job soon.

Tomorrow is the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We will celebrate it big. LOTH and Rosary and I loved the idea of baking a heart shaped cake for it.

Blessings everyone. I’m finished with this thread.
 
Tantum_ergo said:
Here is the relevant number in the canon for you:

Canon 1251 Abstinence from eating meat or another food according to the prescriptions of the conference of bishops is to be observed on Fridays throughout the year unless they are solemnities; abstinence and fast are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and on the Friday of the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Thank you for the above TE…I had been wondering too. There was a thread on this subject quite a long time ago, but I had not recorded the response.
Underscores the importance of this Solemnity of The Sacred Heart - that The Church makes it a Friday and exempt thus from Friday Obligation.

Thank you again…I will record the information this time:o …Barb:thumbsup:
 
vocatio said:
Just to make sure I understand this. Is it okay to eat meat of Friday if a Solemnity falls on it? Tomorrow is the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jeus.
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Yup, no fasting or abstinence on Solemnities. For me, this means lamb chops tonight.

And Saturday is the Visitation. Not a Solemnity, but I will be doing the entire LITTLE OFFICE in the older edition.
 
A reminder to those Latin rite Catholics who are new to CA or who have forgotten … the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is a solemnity that always falls on a Friday, and hence there is no fasting or abstinence this Friday, June 19, 2009.

Have a blessed week!
 
Very cool. I was prepared for no meat today so I may just enjoy a juicy burger at lunch then. nom nom nom

I am, however, still going to have sushi tonight with friends. 😃
 
The advice given above is correct.

Just for those looking this up on the Vatican website, please note the following:

The correct copy of the text is here: vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P4O.HTM

As follows (highlight added):
Can. 1250 The penitential days and times in the universal Church are every Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent.
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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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Can. 1252 The law of abstinence binds those who have completed their fourteenth year. The law of fasting binds those who have attained their majority, until the beginning of their sixtieth year. Pastors of souls and parents are to ensure that even those who by reason of their age are not bound by the law of fasting and abstinence, are taught the true meaning of penance.
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However, if you look on this page (notice the single underscore in this link instead of double underscore in the link above):
vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P4O.HTM

It looks somewhat different (which is incorrect - highlight added to make the incorrect part clearer):
Can. 1250 The penitential days and times in the universal Church are every Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent.
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Can. 1251 Abstinence from eating meat or some other food according to the prescripts of the conference of bishops is to be observed on ,of abstinence binds those who have completed their fourteenth year of age. The law of fasting, however, binds all those who have attained their majority until the beginning of their sixtieth year. Nevertheless, pastors of souls and parents are to take care that minors not bound by the law of fast and abstinence are also educated in a genuine sense of penance.
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Likely the last page shows some sort of “search fragment / search results of Canon Law” instead of the correct/full Canon Law copy. As you can see, it’s a mixture of Cannon 1251 and 1252.

I hope to contact the Internet Office of the Holy See about this via phone sometime. I cannot work out how to contact them via email/a form.

Once again though: the advice given above is correct as per Canon 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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