Non Lent Fridays?

[pm2222]

I ate meat this Friday and I know that if you eat meat you have to do an act of charity or something along those lines, but what is considered an act of charity?

 

[tee_eff_em]

I ate meat this Friday and I know that if you eat meat you have to do an act of charity or something along those lines, but what is considered an act of charity?

Do you mean today, Friday 13-Apr-2012? If so, today is a Solemnity, Friday in the Octave of Easter, and no penance is called for.

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.

tee

 

[pm2222]

Yes I am talking about today. I heard that on non lent Fridays we can either abstain from meat or do some other charitable work is this true? And are you sure we don’t have to do that today?

 

[Marybeloved]

Yes I am talking about today. I heard that on non lent Fridays we can either abstain from meat or do some other charitable work is this true? And are you sure we don’t have to do that today?

Yes it’s true, but we don’t do penance on All Sundays or Easter season (50 days) or when there’s a solemnity on a Friday. Had actually forgotten this! No penance on Sundays or Easter season (When we are focusing on the Resurrection of our Lord)

 

[tee_eff_em]

but we don’t do penance [during the] Easter season (50 days)

What makes you say so?

tee