To: Alex Murphy
Hate to tell you, but the rule has always been that Friday abstinence involves warm blooded animals, not cold blooded. Sadly, people like to make it a little more complicated than it needs to be.
And for the record, the purpose is the most minor form of fasting in remembrance of the day the Lord was crucified. Tertullian wrote some interesting stuff on the practice back in 208 AD (or so).
10 posted on
03/27/2013 3:14:39 PM PDT by
markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
To: markomalley
My mother always served tuna or fish sticks. :)
We have either fish or shellfish for dinner. I often skip either breakfast or lunch. It's really only difficult if we are attending a dinner function, but with so many vegetarians these days, I can usually find something.
21 posted on
03/27/2013 4:25:31 PM PDT by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: markomalley; Alex Murphy
Sadly, people like to make it a little more complicated than it needs to be. Now that's funny! A Catholic accusing someone of making religion more complicated than it should be.
52 posted on
03/28/2013 3:17:09 PM PDT by
metmom
(For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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