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  2. Fasting and abstinence in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    According to Paenitemini, the 1983 Code of Canon Law and the Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and where possible, throughout Holy Saturday, both abstinence and fasting are required of Catholics who are not exempted for various reasons. The law of fasting binds those who have attained their majority until the ...

  3. Liturgical reforms of Pope Pius XII - Wikipedia

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    The Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper was moved from morning to evening to replicate more closely the experience of the historical Last Supper and the Good Friday liturgy similarly moved to the afternoon. [24] The new Good Friday liturgy modified the Good Friday prayer for the Jews in two ways.

  4. Eucharistic discipline - Wikipedia

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    The Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen (CMRI), a sedavacantist religious group, teaches that the Eucharistic Fast consists of means fasting from food and alcohol three hours prior to receiving Holy Communion, and though not obligatory, members of the sect are "urged to observe the Eucharistic fast" from midnight on a day until the time that ...

  5. What Is Good Friday? We Asked a Catholic Priest

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    Fasting and attending religious services are part of the commemoration for many on Good Friday. For example, for Roman Catholics, the religious service on Good Friday is the middle part of a three ...

  6. Holy Saturday - Wikipedia

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    Holy Saturday (Latin: Sabbatum Sanctum), also known as Great and Holy Saturday (also Holy and Great Saturday), Low Saturday, the Great Sabbath, Hallelujah Saturday (in Portugal and Brazil), Saturday of the Glory, Sábado de Gloria, and Black Saturday or Easter Eve, [1] and called "Joyous Saturday", "the Saturday of Light", and "Mega Sabbatun" among Coptic Christians, is the final day of Holy ...

  7. Sabbath in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Many parishes and monasteries will serve the Divine Liturgy on both Saturday morning and Sunday morning. The church never allows strict fasting on any Saturday (except Holy Saturday ) or Sunday, and the fasting rules on those Saturdays and Sundays which fall during one of the fasting seasons (such as Great Lent , Apostles' Fast , etc.) are ...

  8. Lent - Wikipedia

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    This comprises a period of 44 days. Historically, the fasting and abstinence were enjoined during the weekdays of Lent and with Sundays being days of abstinence; [20] the obligations of the Lenten fast continue through Good Friday and Holy Saturday, totaling 40 days (with the Eucharistic Fast applying as well).

  9. Canonical hours - Wikipedia

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    In the morning: Night and Morning Services together; In the evening: Evening Service; During Great Lent, all of the services are offered on weekdays (except Saturday and Sunday) according to the following schedule: In the morning: Night, Morning and Sunrise Services; In the afternoon: Third, Sixth, Ninth Hours; In the evening: