Do I do penance every Friday, if not abstaining from meat, then some other form of penance? If I am 14 years of age or older, did I abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent? If I am between the ages of 18 and 59, did I fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday...
All persons over seven years of age must abstain. This means that they may not take fleshmeat, meat gravy, or meat soup at all on days of complete abstinence, which are all Fridays (except on holydays of obligation), Ash Wednesday, Holy Saturday (until noon), and the Vigils of the ...
Gregory. From Easter to Ascension the Armenians never fast nor do they abstain from meat (C. Tondini de Quaranghi, Calendrier de la Nation Armenienne). In the Mozarabic Rite of Spain, after the Pater Noster on Easter Day and during the week the priest intones the particula “Regnum” ...
Also during Lent we are required by canon law to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent.This is called abstinence (age requirement: anyone 14 or older). Naturally, you are not required to fast or abstain from meat if you have a medical condition that prevents you ...
The Great Divide After a contentious election cycle and along with the ongoing division found in our country, and considering the holidays are right around the corner, let us not run away from our families, but seek shelter and healing within them...even when we do not agree politically, mo...
Isn’t abstaining from meat one of the “doctrines of demons” Paul warned about in 1 Timothy 4:1-5? When Paul warned of those who “forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods,” he had in mind people with the Manichean belief that sex is wrong and certain ...
What is mandated duringLentis to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday – which means one full meal and two snack meals on those two days.This is called a fast. Also during Lent we are required by canon law to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent.This is cal...