This Lent, eat meat on fridays!

[Church_Militant]

Kelidrg91:

Wether or not you consider the guidelines to abstaining from meat as rules ( I do) rules are made to be followed, not broken. I understand that St. Patrick’s day is a big deal to those of Irish decent ( or other) but I stand on my opinion that abstaining from meat on Fridays durring lent should be followed, even if it falls on a feast day. Our Lord FASTED for 40 days. I am not saying that you should never eat again to honor God, only that we can make the sacrifice to God, to not eat the corned beef on March 17th. Maybe you can save it for the Saturday after, or have the party the Thursday before. I was born in March, and my birthday seemed to settle on a lenten Friday on a regular basis, and so I adapted. Is “sacrificing” eating meat one day out of seven to much to do for the one who sacrificed his life for us?

Admirable my friend. (Welcome BTW! I’m Jaclyn’s friend!) But let’s consider this. You can and should do penance in the course of the rest of the year anyway, right? Mine just happens to be the abstinence from meat on Fridays…

Now during Lent our good bishop has also dispenced us so that we can celebrate St Patrick’s day with the traditional meal, and I and my family intend to do so. I will probably substitute another penance for it…like maybe fasting from midnight before my next Eucharist. (Those of us who grew up prior to Vatican 2 can well remember that!)

When it comes to the bishop, I think I like what St. Ignatius says, "See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Christ Jesus does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles."LINK.
Pax tecum,