However, there are always exceptions to the rule- some medicines must be taken with milk, so then that would not break the fast, because it falls into the medicine category. At least in my humble opinion.
Although milk is not food, the fast before Communion covers food and drink, except for water:
Water & medicine- that is what is allowed.
However, there are always exceptions to the rule- some medicines must be taken with milk, so then that would not break the fast, because it falls into the medicine category. At least in my humble opinion.
Best advice, ask your priest about your specific situation!
Milk is not permitted unless it is considered as the delivery method of the medication, in that case it becomes integral part of the medication. The same goes for the sugar that might be contained in some liquid medicine or pill coatings for the sole purpose of making it tolerable. Some medications must be taken with food and at that point I would say that the food could be considered a delivery method too.
Milk is a food. Drink is simply food in liquid form. Milk is almost a complete food, except for its deficiency in a few essential nutrients, it would be possible to live on milk alone. Therefore, in general, milk should be considered as something that is part of the fast. As medicines are excepted from the fast, milk may be excepted if it must be taken with a medicine. It would be advisable to take the minimum quantity of milk required with the medicine.
Milk is food.
Where are you folks coming up with this? Food (cibus) and drink (potus) are two separate things. In the case of the Eucharistic fast this happens to be immaterial, because the law requires abstention from both food and drink (a quocumque cibo et potu). But the point is, milk is not prohibited because it is a food, it is prohibited because it is a drink and one must abstain from all drink except water.
Milk, broth, juice are still beverages, regardless of their nutritional content and the only beverage we can have within 60 minutes of receiving Communion is water.
Some of us argue just for the love of arguments, we do not need a point to justify that.
Isn’t that why we hang around here?Some of us argue just for the love of arguments, we do not need a point to justify that.
For the purposes of this thread we don’t need to go off at a tangent discussing whether milk is a food or not. It is not relevant.Milk, broth, juice are still beverages, regardless of their nutritional content and the only beverage we can have within 60 minutes of receiving Communion is water.
Juice, milk and broth are not counted as food when we are fasting, as on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. For that matter, neither is beer but if I’m fasting and drinking beer I won’t be in great shape to go to church on those days.
However, I wouldn’t advise it features too prominently in your diet.Liquid breadMilk is a food, a drink, a beverage. It is all of those things. You might be pleased to know beer can be classed as a food too.
