But the ordinary rule on fasting days was to take but one meal a day and that only in the evening, while meat and, in the early centuries, wine were entirely forbidden. During Holy Week, or at least on Good Friday, it was common to enjoin the xerophagia, i.e. a diet of dry ...
and almsgiving. It begins on Ash Wednesday, where believers receive ashes as a sign of repentance, and includes strict fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, along with abstinence from meat on all Fridays of Lent. Confession and acts of charity are strongly encouraged as part of spiritual ...
In much the same way, every Friday is a “little Good Friday”–which is why all Catholics are obliged to make some sort of sacrifice every Friday of the year. The U.S. bishops recommend abstaining from meat.[ ] Which may all be true, just not in respect to chocolate on Sundays. I...
She requested Mexican beef bowl, and I was happy to oblige, because it is yummy. I sliced up the meat and got it marinating in the morning (I used London Broil, but this marinade is pretty acidic, so it should tenderize some pretty tough cuts if you give it long enough). Here is ...
on Good Friday. While most Catholics ignore this rule, many take it up during the season of Lent. In keeping with strict Catholic tradition, we will also not eat meat on Ash Wednesday. To keep us on track, I am putting together a collection of meat-free recipes and will post them as...
The law of abstinence requires a Catholic 14 years of age until death to abstain from eating meat on Fridays in honor of the Passion of Jesus on Good Friday. Meat is considered to be the flesh and organs of mammals and fowl. Moral theologians have traditionally considered this also to forbi...
Pope Gregory weighed in on this issue as well. He established the Lenten rule that Christians were to abstain from meat and all things that come from “flesh” such as milk, fat and eggs. And fasting meant one meal a day, normally taken in the mid-afternoon. ...
Now, Janz notes, Lent is only a pale shadow of what it entailed during the Middle Ages. “For most Catholics, it means not eating meat on Friday,” he said. But even today, Lent still means more in this area than a Mardi Gras hangover. ...
but can God provide bread and meat to feed us?” Hearing this, God’s anger was kindled, for the people had no faith; they did not trust God’s power to save. [Psalm 78:18-22] SATAN If you are the Christ, no use pretending to be like everybody else. ...
but they were fourteen; the former so as not to taste swine’s meat in violation of the law, the latter so as not to partake of any meat in violation of the Christian rule; this latter seems stricter, because for the Maccabees partaking of pork was utterly forbidden, but for these men...