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Catholics do not have to abstain from meat at any time in their life. However, it is up to the individual if they want to abstain from something that would be considered a sacrifice (you miss it) maybe meat, but maybe coffee if that's what you have every day and would find it difficult to deny yourself coffee for a day (or three or whatever one chooses). This could be every Friday, or you could give up something during Lent.
It wouldn't be much of a sacrifice for a vegan or vegetarian to give up meat.
Fast and Abstinence The Obligation to fast allows Catholics from ages twenty-one to fifty-nine one full meal and two small meals during a day of fast. The obligation to abstain does not allow Catholics from the age of fourteen and older to eat meat on days of abstinence. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence, while all fridays during lent are days of abstinence. The regulation concerning fast and abstinence vary from diocese to diocese.
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Are Catholics over the age of 59 allowed to eat meat on Fridays during Lent?
No, all Catholics are required to abstain from the age of 14 until death.
Catholic Lenten rules for 59 years and older?
Catholics age 60 and over are not required to fast during Lent but must abstain from meat on the days appointed.
Can senior catholics over 59 years old eat meat on Friday?
The obligation to abstain from meat binds Catholics 14 years of age and older. The obligation to fast binds Catholics ages 18 to 59. So, a 59 year old does not eat meat on Fridays (during Lent).
Does that include those over 60 years of age to abstain from meat on Fridays during Lent?
Yes, even those over 60 are required to abstain from meat on Fridays during Lent unless they are required to eat it for medical reasons.
What are the ages of abstinence - not eating meat - on Fridays in Lent?
The current law in effect since Pope Paul VI is you must begin abstinence from your fourteenth year until the end of your life - thus 14 years old.
Are seniors allowed to eat meat on Fridays of Lent?
Roman Catholic AnswerYes, they can eat meat if it is not a Friday or Ash Wednesday. Not eating meating is called abstinence, and there is no age requirement for that, all are required to abstain from meat on Fridays; you are thinking of fasting, the obligation of which ceases at 69. Fasting means only one full meal on a fast day.
Is there something Catholic's can't eat?
Meat on all Fridays of the year. ---- A Catholic Answer (Catholics in union with the Pope) Before 1965, Catholics of the requisite age were required to abstain from meat on all Fridays of the year. By 1970 this requirement was no longer in force, and became instead a recommendation that individual Catholics observe this form of penance or select some other form that they may find to be more suitable.
Is it true that catholics don't have to go to confession after the age of 65?
No, that is not true. They do not have to abstain from meat or fast on the appointed days, for health reasons, but Reconciliation is required for everyone prior to first communion or being received into the church.
Are Catholics allowed to eat meat on Friday except for Good Friday during Lent?
Roman Catholic AnswerCatholics are not permitted to eat meat on any Fridays during the whole year except in regions who have an indult from Rome permitted them to give up something else OUTSIDE of Lent. During Lent, all must abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays, there is no age limit on this either.
During Lent what is known as not eating meat?
On Fridays, Catholics over the age of 14 are not supposed to any kind of meat. Fish is okay however and many churches have "seafood dinners" on the Fridays during Lent.AnswerAbstaining. During Lent, one must abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday. The Church's rules require abstainingfrom meat on all Fridays of the year. Some countries have an indult where you may abstain from something else on Fridays outside of Lent although meat is still recommended, for a complete discussion of the current rules, read Pope Paul VI's regulations which are still in effect, at the link below.
What happens if you eat on ash Wednesday?
If you are over the age of six and do not have a legitimate reason to fast and abstain from eating meat (health or age, for example) you are bound by the rule to abstain under pain of serious sin.
Do Catholics eat meat on Good Friday?
Yes. Protestants adhere to Biblical teaching on what and what they cannot eat. As Christ insisted that what really matters it is what comes out of a person's mouth as this reflects what is in his heart. What goes into his mouth is of no significance. therefore, a Protestant has no restriction on what they can eat at any time whether or not it is Good Friday.You should consult your local minister. As there are over 33,000 denominations of Protestantism, each may vary on this rule.
