If you are driven away by the prospect of foregoing meat one day a week, that says a lot about you, not the Church.
I could never figure out how a shrimp Po’Boy or a fried catfish platter could be considered penance. I’ll bet Mike Andersons is packed this Friday.
>> “If you are driven away by the prospect of foregoing meat one day a week, that says a lot about you, not the Church.” <<
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Scripturally, we are to forego only that which is ‘unclean.’
To do otherwise is to add to scripture, which is forbidden.
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