[Apologetics] Yes, we can eat meat this Friday.

[Art Kelly]

No one who is sincere about observing Lent should eat meat on Friday!
 
Likewise, the belief of some that every Sunday in Lent dispenses them from whatever they are giving up misses the entire point of Lent!
 
ANYONE can give up something for six days.  That's not a genuine sacrifice!  
 
Only when someone gives up something he or she really likes all the way from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday does a real sacrifice occur.
 
So, this Friday and every Friday in Lent, DON'T eat meat!  (That holds true whenever St. Patrick's Day or St. Joseph's Day falls on a Friday too.)
 
And whatever you've given up for Lent, continue to give it up until Easter.

Art

--- On Thu, 3/24/11, Dianne Dawson <rcdianne at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Dianne Dawson <rcdianne at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Apologetics] Yes, we can eat meat this Friday.
To: "Apologetics Group" <apologetics at gathman.org>
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 4:31 PM








Eating meat: permitted on the Annunciation
Citing Canon 1251, various dioceses, Catholic bloggers, and even secular newspapers are noting that the obligation to abstain from meat is abrogated on Friday, March 25, because it is the Solemnity of the Annunciation. 
Source(s): these links will take you to other sites, in a new window.
It’s ok to eat meat this Friday. Really! (Omaha World-Herald) 
Saint Albert the Great Offers Place of Worship and Fellowship (Not to Mention Fish Fry) (Baldwin-Whitehall Patch) 
Archdiocese issues Lenten regulations (St. Louis Review) 
Liturgical Advisories (Diocese of Pueblo)
Archdiocese of Washington: comments (Facebook)
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord (Diocese of Des Moines)Happy Meat-Eating Friday! (2011 Edition) (JimmyAkin.org) 
 



Like a deer that longs for running waters so my soul longs for you, O God.
Ps 42:1
 

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