It’s Friday again here in Lentenville. That means no meat for many. Here are some of the best seafood options in Dallas to help you avoid that lightning bolt, and guide you in the right direction.Continue reading→ 1 Comment Filed underJoey Stewart ...
I felt badly. I really would have enjoyed tasting her food, but I had no good excuse for eating bacon on a Friday in Lent. Had I found myself at a seated dinner at which my presence was required, and the host served roast beef, it would be awkward indeed to refuse the food. But ...
“In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia . . . ‘I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks. I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.'” (Daniel 10:1-3) Q: Isn’t abstaining from meat one of the “d...
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...
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays (except Ash Wednesday), and Thursdays: fasting and partial abstinence from meat. This means three meals -- with the two smaller meals not equalling in size the main meal of the day -- and no snacking, but meat can be eaten at the principle meal. On those...
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. ...
Traditionally, followers abstain from meat onAsh Wednesdayand every Friday leading up toGood Friday, which is the Friday before Easter. Some people may fast entirely or eat only one meal without meat. Others practice other forms of self discipline and give up something they enjoy, like chocolate...
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. ...
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...