As we enter into the season of Lent, it is helpful to recall the discipline of the Church with regard to fasting, abstinence and other forms of penance. 1. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting and abstinence. The…
« read »When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church…
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« read »The law of fasting allows one full meal and two smaller ones. The law of abstinence prohibits the eating of meat.
2. The Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence in the United States.
3. The obligation of abstinence…
« read »One of the constant themes in the Gospel of Matthew is to accentuate how Jesus takes previous religious practices that had become routine and gives them new meaning, employing them to lead us to a deeper relationship with God.
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