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Tag Archives: abstinence
Good Friday – FASTING and ABSTINENCE explained, with links to recipes and notes about what breaks the fast and what doesn’t
It’s Good Friday! Here are a couple of recipes for good food for this day of fasting and abstinence. Since I made the lentils, by the way, I now have celery and I won’t have to improvise. Fr. Z’s Kitchen: … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged abstinence, fasting, Good Friday
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ASK FATHER: Sex before Communion
UPDATE 15 July 2019: Rev. Mr. Kandra remarked at his blog about this post. He disappoints. The non-canonist deacon disagrees with the canonical arguments of the esteemed canonist Ed Peters. Fine. Kandra can state a position and attempt to defend it. So … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Canon Law
Tagged abstinence, can. 277, Roman Catechism
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Good Friday Reminder: Fasting, Abstaining, and You
Tomorrow is Good Friday. Let’s review our obligations before the day arrives so that we aren’t taken by surprise. Two days of the year we modern Latin Church Catholics are asked both to fast and to abstain from meat. According to the … Continue reading
Ash Wednesday – Fasting, Abstainence, and You together with notes on alligator, endothermic moonfish, and muskrat
According to the 1983 Code of Canon Law for the Latin Church, Latin Church Catholics are bound to observe fasting and abstinence on Ash Wednesday. Here are some details. I am sure you know them already, but they are good … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes
Tagged abstinence, Ash Wednesday, confession, fasting, LENT, liquids, works of mercy
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ASK FATHER: Butter in coffee on Ash Wednesday
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I know this is a bit early for Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, but I am curious (and excited about Lent). There’s a trend of putting butter into one’s coffee. Basically it’s supposed to make you … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged abstinence, Ash Wednesday, fast
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Good Friday Reminder: Fasting, Abstaining, and You
Tomorrow is Good Friday. Let’s review our obligations before the day arrives so that we aren’t taken by surprise. Two days of the year we modern Latin Church Catholics are asked both to fast and to abstain from meat. According to the … Continue reading
Remember! Tomorrow is #AshWednesday – Fast and abstinence!
Remember that tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. Keep in mind the regulations for both abstinence and fasting. Tomorrow is not just a day of abstinence but also of fasting. According to the 1983 Code of Canon Law for the Latin Church, … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Hard-Identity Catholicism
Tagged abstinence, fast, LENT
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ASK FATHER: The Magical Friday Bacon-Fish!
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I saw from NOAA today that they discovered a species of moonfish which is “the first fully warm-blooded fish that circulates heated blood throughout its body much like mammals and birds.” HERE Since in your wonderful … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Marrying first civilly, later sacramentally
From a reader… I have been married for a few years. When I came to the States a few years ago as an immigrant, I entered on a fiancé visa, and could not work until I was married and obtained a Green … Continue reading
Good Friday, Fasting, Abstaining, and You
Two days of the year Catholics are asked both to fast and to abstain from meat. According to the 1983 Code of Canon Law for the Latin Church, Latin Church Catholics are bound to observe fasting and abstinence on Ash … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Abstinence from meat difficult when living in parents’ home
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I would like to abstain from meat all Fridays of the year but I live with my non-Catholic parents and can’t easily get my own food every Friday, what should I do? During Lent I have … Continue reading
NEW Z-SWAG – Liquidum non frangit ieiunium
Some of you asked for mugs with the phrase Liquidum non frangit ieiunium. Ecce. I added one to the Fr. Z Stuff Store. HERE Some samples… Can insulator… Drinking glass. Something whimsical… for medicinal purposes only, of course. Two sizes of … Continue reading
Posted in Lighter fare, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged abstinence, fast, LENT, liquidum non frangit ieiunium, Z-Swag
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ASK FATHER: Friday fish and chips cooked in beef fat? POLL: “meatless Fridays”
POLL BELOW! This is a repost of a by now classic here from a few years ago. It is still useful (and fun). From a reader: I was watching TV last night & on the program they were talking about … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Lent and the ol’ aligator on Friday dilemma!
I have posted on this in the past, but repetita iuvant as we say in Latin. ORIGINAL: Someone sent me a copy of a letter written by the Archbishop of New Orleans to a member of his flock about eating alligator … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Dispensation for the 4th of July?
From a reader… The Fourth of July is on a Friday this year. I’ve been told that there used to be a dispensation from the requirement to abstain from meat on a Friday 4th. Is that true? It would be … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged 4 July, abstinence, dispensation
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Lent, Alligators and You – Revisited
Once again, someone wrote to ask me if it is okay to eat alligator on Friday during Lent. Is this a put on? Is this a joke? Of course it’s okay to eat alligator! And crocodile, if you have some. … Continue reading
How you would have observed Lent in 1873
For those of you who may think that Lent is a pretty tough time to be a Catholic, giving up chocolate and all year in and year out, this came to me email today. This is what our forebears did … Continue reading
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged abstinence, fasting, LENT, Lenten discipline
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ASK FATHER: Gelatin during Lent
Now that we are coming up on Lent, people are starting to think about what may be eaten on Ash Wednesday and on Fridays. May I eat insects? May I eat crocodile? May I drink Mystic Monk Coffee? Yes, and … Continue reading
TV station to broadcast Muslim call to prayer
From WND: An announcement by a television station in the United Kingdom that it will broadcast the Muslim call to prayer daily during the month-long religious observation called Ramadan has sparked concerns by those who point out that the nation’s … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Ember Days during Octave of Pentecost… penitential?
From a priest: For those that follow the 1962 calendar or simply follow the traditional penitential days, are the ember days in the octave of Pentecost days of fast? It would seem not since the octave days, similar to Easter, … Continue reading
