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by Norman_Outside the lines on November 16th, 2006

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Catholics.Is it still a sin to eat meat on good friday?
is it or was it ever concidered a sin to eat meat on christmas eve.( or was that just my parents tradidion ?)

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  • by cwhaley on November 16th, 2006

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    I don't know if it was ever a sin, more than it was a tradition.

    I was raised a Catholic in Canada and I distinctly remember at about age 12 that official church policy no longer required following the "fish on Friday" rule. (Fish, after all, is a form of meat anyway, as any vegetarian will tell you.) Anyway, that was 40 years ago.

    So, obviously, anyone following that practice now need not be worried about sinning or anything else.

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  • by galajune on November 16th, 2006

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    Well,My Partner still like to eat fish on a Fridays as he is a catholic,...(not to eat meat on christmas eve)?? ,I would say, It's your parents tradition as it's a first I have heard off.Hoping you can solve your problems.

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  • by Anonymous on December 29th, 2007

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    Good Friday is the day of fasting from sunrise til sundown. Sex is forbidden during on all Fridays lent.

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  • by tanizaki on December 9th, 2006

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    The Code of Canon Law (1983) provides in Canon 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."

    In other words, no meat on Friday is still the law of the land.

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  • by Wendora on November 25th, 2006

    Wendora

    Do you think that God is honestly concerned about what you put in your mouth on Friday versus what you put in your mouth on any other day of the week? All meat is up for human consumption and the only biblical requirement is that the animal be properly bled.

    I found this on the Internet:

    "Traditionally, Catholics are to abstain from eating meat every Friday of the year as penance. Nowadays, this is only a requirement during Fridays of Lent; during Fridays of the rest of the year, other methods of penance may be followed, for example an extra prayer. As a modern tradition, many Catholics will eat fish on Good Friday."

    Notice the word, TRADITIONALLY. If you are at a ballgame on a Friday night and you start eating a hot dog and realize that it is Friday, do you think God would want you to spit out the food and throw it away or finish eating it? You decide for yourself on that one.

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