Thank you for your response! I have another question regarding fasting. I figured I’d just ask here instead of making a new topic. I have recently become pregnant and I am struggling with morning sickness that just about lasts all day. To combat the symptoms I’ve been munching on crackers and pretzels and that has somewhat helped. I’m worried about Good Friday and being completely incapacitated with sickness, as morning sickness manifests itself as nausea and vomiting and keeping something simple in your stomach is one of the best ways to keep it at bay. And obviously you can only eat a few small meals on Good Friday and no snacking. Because I am pregnant, am I permitted to not fast? Or should I still fast? If I must I will, I just don’t want to sin.
Since you’re pregnant, I would say that you have a health condition which excuses you from the fast and abstinence.
No.
I’m not aware of it as a tradition.
Correct. Pregnant, ill, infirm, etc, need not fast.
It used to be all of Lent–and still is in much of the East . . .
Fssp and sspx both encourage making Wednesday meatless all through Lent but this is not a requirement
Yes, that toophil19034:
It used to be all of Lent–and still is in much of the East . . .