tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654865462543775620.post5760357967801307676..comments2023-09-25T12:28:36.198-04:00Comments on Metanoia: Fasting on Fridays?Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03846547501253855220noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654865462543775620.post-8542709464516632522012-11-23T00:08:54.720-05:002012-11-23T00:08:54.720-05:00In accordance with the prescriptions of canon 1253...In accordance with the prescriptions of canon 1253, the Canadian Conference of<br />Catholic Bishops decrees that the days of fast and abstinence in Canada are Ash<br />Wednesday and Good Friday. <br /><br />Fridays are days of abstinence, but Catholics can substitute special acts of<br />charity or piety on this day<br /><br /><br /> * Works of charity. <br /><br />We may visit a sick person, or help an older person or a<br />busy parent. We may listen patiently to someone who needs to talk. We may invite<br />a lonely person to share a meal with us or bring a treat to someone with few<br />friends. We can give alms to good causes, especially those that bring food to<br />the hungry. We can reach out to the discouraged, the suffering, the lonely, the<br />people who feel they are failures or rejected by others.<br /><br /> * Prayer. <br /><br />We may spend some extra time on Friday praying for peace or for a<br />family in need. We may pray with an older person or someone who is sick. We may<br />pray for a person who seems intent on getting in trouble with the law. We may<br />offer prayers for those who persecute others and for their victims. We may pray<br />for those who are in the grip of alcohol or drugs, and for those who are<br />confused. We may pray that more people will offer their talents and their lives<br />in the service of the Church and of other good causes.<br /><br /> * God’s word. <br /><br />Each Friday we may spend some time in reading God’s word. We<br />may read a chapter from the gospel slowly and prayerfully, letting Jesus speak<br />to us. We may pray a psalm, giving praise to God in the words of the Spirit, and<br />asking for help for ourselves and for others. We may read another passage from<br />the scriptures, and let the Spirit of Jesus bring its message alive in our<br />hearts and in our life.<br /><br />We may offer any of these good works for our penances on Friday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654865462543775620.post-9896521918977453692011-03-02T12:26:53.973-05:002011-03-02T12:26:53.973-05:00Robin, you have really captured the spirit of this...Robin, you have really captured the spirit of this...I think better than i did in this post. All these comments inspired me to follow this post up. Thanks, all, for the great dialogue!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03846547501253855220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654865462543775620.post-47855212887702039202011-03-01T12:18:20.610-05:002011-03-01T12:18:20.610-05:00I was just going to link to the 1966 document as w...I was just going to link to the 1966 document as well! http://www.usccb.org/lent/2007/Penance_and_Abstinence.pdf<br />page 4 and 5 are very good. They explain why abstaining from meat on Fridays outside of Lent is not required, but still has first preference. For myself, I don't see why we shouldn't do multiple acts of pennance. While giving up meat is really not a big deal today, it can be combined with other pennance. I like giving up meat throughout the Fridays of the year as pennance for the horror of abortion and chosing another pennance as well. I think the USCCB was wise in abolishing the requirement, as it is not really penitental to many persons. I also like that they continued to stress the preference of still voluntarily continuing the abstinence. The most important aspect is that all Fridays are a day of pennance. (One of my hardest is to give my husband the best day I can, do all the chores for him I can, not nag, offer all my little annonances up, not complain, let him chose all activities for the day etc.). Its a hard pennance! I do like to continue to abstain from meat. I read an article that it helps connect us to the history of the church. God bless!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654865462543775620.post-25060791099397155512011-03-01T10:22:09.487-05:002011-03-01T10:22:09.487-05:00Hi JoeD, are you referring to the 1966 document? ...Hi JoeD, are you referring to the 1966 document? if so, here is a link to it: <a href="http://www.usccb.org/lent/2007/Penance_and_Abstinence.pdf" rel="nofollow">CLICK HERE</a>Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03846547501253855220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654865462543775620.post-54915361640196699592011-02-28T12:00:25.422-05:002011-02-28T12:00:25.422-05:00You may want to look at this:
Pastoral Statement ...You may want to look at this:<br /><br />Pastoral Statement on<br />Penance and AbstinenceSimple thoughts from a simple hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045307171057805283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654865462543775620.post-11303034825987922502011-02-27T00:04:52.632-05:002011-02-27T00:04:52.632-05:00Fiestaing! Well, first the fast, then the feast LO...Fiestaing! Well, first the fast, then the feast LOL!Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046773358292402621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654865462543775620.post-61949508449510633792011-02-26T21:03:24.485-05:002011-02-26T21:03:24.485-05:00Angela---what a great way to turn something that c...Angela---what a great way to turn something that could be tough into a fast...fesasting...haha.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03846547501253855220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654865462543775620.post-11203426157494875572011-02-26T11:58:18.555-05:002011-02-26T11:58:18.555-05:00fesasting?
That should read feASting!fesasting?<br /><br />That should read feASting!Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046773358292402621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654865462543775620.post-41309457527499200042011-02-26T11:57:24.059-05:002011-02-26T11:57:24.059-05:00In Canada we need only abstain from meat on Ash We...In Canada we need only abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday but we should practice acts of piety or charity. However, I abstain from meat on Fridays throughout Lent. Which is going to be hard this year because we've instated a fun 'policy' at work called Crock Pot Friday. Every Friday a different person brings the rest of the officemates lunch in a crock pot. Others will bring buns or biscuits or dessert. Unfortunately I am the only Catholic in the bunch so I won't be able to join in the fun and the fesasting (we only had fish chowder once!) for a few weeks. Oh well, that makes it that much more of a penance. I'm up for it! :-)Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046773358292402621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654865462543775620.post-6211001086288731562011-02-25T15:22:58.057-05:002011-02-25T15:22:58.057-05:00Hi Father...as always, thanks for the very insight...Hi Father...as always, thanks for the very insightful comment. <br /><br />There is a link to the USCCB page beneath the quote that I used in my post that does differentiate between fasting and abstaining, but some people might miss it...so thanks for adding it here.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03846547501253855220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654865462543775620.post-20482673452726198432011-02-25T15:19:37.094-05:002011-02-25T15:19:37.094-05:00HI Kathy! DE COLORES! you will make it when you ma...HI Kathy! DE COLORES! you will make it when you make it...for now, though, enjoy the Bible Study, and when you are able to come to Ultreya, you'll have LOTS to share with us!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03846547501253855220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654865462543775620.post-61676112183164633932011-02-25T15:09:39.465-05:002011-02-25T15:09:39.465-05:00I appreciated reading again the Church regulation ...I appreciated reading again the Church regulation on abstinence and fasting, but I wonder if the distinction is clear between them. Abstinence is not eating meat and that is prescribed for Catholics 14 years of age and up on Fridays of Lent, Good Friday, and Ash Wednesday. It is encouraged every Friday of the year. Fasting - as it has been observed by Catholics in the 21st century - involves eating one full meal and eating one or two other small meals that are not supposed to equal a full meal. Fasting is required of Catholics on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. If my 62-year-old memory serves, before the Second Vatican Council, Catholics were required to fast on the weekdays of Lent and to observe a partial abstinence (with full abstinence on Fridays), which meant eating meat only at the principal meal of the day. In any case, we are not required to "fast" on Fridays; we are required to "abstain from meat" on Lenten Fridays and encouraged to abstain on other Fridays.Fr. Bill Lovelessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654865462543775620.post-87707710862813198582011-02-25T14:59:54.207-05:002011-02-25T14:59:54.207-05:00Hi Gina! Thanks for sharing this. I too like the...Hi Gina! Thanks for sharing this. I too like the statement about every Friday being Good Friday, as every Sunday is Easter Sunday. Make sense:)<br /><br />I miss everyone from our weekend. I am in a bible study on Thursday nights, but hope to still make an ultreya soon.<br /><br />I am so grateful to you and all the leaders for the amazing gifts you shared with me. I am so blessed.<br /><br />Decolores!! Love, KathyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00558461101237382199noreply@blogger.com