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Posted on 12/31/2010 11:56:06 AM PST by sayuncledave
Great memories!
Sorry, didn’t mean to pick on you, but I’ve seen a lot of that today.
I’m the worst speller on FR!
Can. 1249 All Christ's faithful are obliged by divine law, each in his or her own way, to do penance. However, so that all may be joined together in a certain common practice of penance, days of penance are prescribed. On these days the faithful are in a special manner to devote themselves to prayer, to engage in works of piety and charity, and to deny themselves, by fulfilling their obligations more faithfully and especially by observing the fast and abstinence which the following canons prescribe.
Can. 1250 The days and times of penance for the universal Church are each Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent.
Can. 1251 Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
Can. 1252 The law of abstinence binds those who have completed their fourteenth year. The law of fasting binds those who have attained their majority, until the beginning of their sixtieth year. Pastors of souls and parents are to ensure that even those who by reason of their age are not bound by the law of fasting and abstinence, are taught the true meaning of penance.
Can. 1253 The Episcopal Conference can determine more particular ways in which fasting and abstinence are to be observed. In place of abstinence or fasting it can substitute, in whole or in part, other forms of penance, especially works of charity and exercises of piety.
It was just the bishops. Fish on Friday never got changed.
Not eating meat on Fridays was the way Spanish Catholics thanked God for driving the Muslims out of Spain. Friday is the day the Muzzies go to the mosque, so Catholics were reminded of why they were doing this.
Not eating meat on Fridays was the way Spanish Catholics thanked God for driving the Muslims out of Spain. Friday is the day the Muzzies go to the mosque, so Catholics were reminded of why they were doing this.
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We don’t eat meat on Fridays (except today because I forgot until we were at a Middle eastern place)
Fell away from the practice for a long time, started up again after some Catholic Freepers pointed out that it was never abrogated. I spend a lot of time learning and cultivating traditions.
Long ago I decided not to eat at all on Fridays. Perhaps a little juice though...
I have expirienced some marvolous visions on that day. The Virgin is blessing me, no doubt.
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