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In some Western countries, Catholics have been encouraged to adopt non-dietary forms of abstinence during Lent. For example, in 2009 Monsignor Benito Cocchi, Archbishop of Modena, urged young Catholics to give up text messaging for Lent. [31]
Why don't Catholics eat meat on Fridays during Lent? Not so long ago, Catholics were obligated to forgo meat every Friday of the year, as that was the day Jesus died. In 1966, the meat restriction ...
The general dietary restrictions specified for Christians in the New Testament are to "abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from meat of strangled animals". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some Christian denominations forbid certain foods during periods of fasting , which in some cases may cover half the year and may exclude meat, fish, dairy ...
A Handbook for the Discipline of Lent delineates the following Lutheran fasting guidelines: [6] Fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday with only one simple meal during the day, usually without meat. Refrain from eating meat (bloody foods) on all Fridays in Lent, substituting fish for example. Eliminate a food or food group for the entire season.
Specifically, some Catholics fast from (give up) meat during the Fridays of Lent (as well as “Ash Wednesday”), and others refrain from eating meat on Fridays year-round.
Growing up Catholic meant two things in late winter: giving something up for Lent and eating fried fish on Fridays. Lent began on Feb. 14 with Ash Wednesday and lasts for 40 days. It includes ...
During the antepenultimate (third-to-last) week before Great Lent, all foods all allowed, even on Wednesday and Friday (popularly called "fast-free week", "meat-fare week" or "omnivorous week"). During the penultimate (second-to-last) week before Great Lent, regular fasting resumes on Wednesday and Friday (sometimes called "checkered week").
Some Catholic bishops around the country are relieving the faithful from giving up meat on Fridays as they are already deprived of some foods. Coronavirus changes Lent: Bishops say Catholics can ...