Why do we abstain from meat on Fridays?

[U2saves]

I am a teenager and no one has ever taken the time to actually explain this to me. I know that the Lord died on a Friday, is this why we don’t eat meat on Fridays?

 

[Devon_Caffran]

The following links should assist you in better understanding the Catholic Church’s teaching on the Lenten fasting guidelines. If you have any further questions or concerns that are not answered by these links, please [contact Catholic Answers (http://www.catholic.com/home/contact.asp) directly.
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