Yes. During lent Fridays are days of abstinence (no meat) and ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting and abstinence.
A lot of people doen't eat it but I do.
Yes, with the exception of Ash Wednesday when meat may not be eaten.
Yes, they can; the only days meat is not allowed is Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent, but Spy Wednesday ( 2 days before Good Friday) is OK to eat meat
Catholics age 14 and up must refrain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent.
I don't think that you are supposed to eat alligator at all in the US. However, you can eat meat, which is the category alligator would fall under, during Lent, except on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent.
Roman Catholic AnswerYou may eat whatever you like during Lent, you must fast and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday; and abstain from meat on all Fridays.
It is not required to eat meat or not eat meat during Lent.
Meat is not eaten on Ash Wednesday and on all Fridays during Lent. Catholics (at least 14 years old) in the United States are obliged to abstain from the eating of meat on Ash Wednesday and on all Fridays during the season of Lent. Catholics (from 18 to 60 years old) are also obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday and on Good Friday. Self-imposed observance of fasting on all weekdays of Lent is strongly recommended. This is where people also give up chocolate, sarcasm, or something else for Lent.
Yes, Catholics can eat chicken and pork during Lent except on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent when Catholics should abstain from eating meat.
Depending on the rules set by the local ordinary, meat is generally not eaten on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent. In addition, those between 18 and 60 years of age must abstain from eating between meals on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, having only one full meal on those days, and two other "snacks" which together do not equal another full meal.
Yes, you may touch meat. Abstinence is the penance required and is not specific except on Good Friday for many Christians. No eating of meat if that is what you "give up" for lent. Butchers must work through lent, hard to do if they were not able to touch meat. Many people give up other things other than meat. Meat is not a staple food for many cultures. It is the spirit of the penance that makes it valid.
Catholics may eat anything they want during Lent, however on all Fridays of the year, and especially during Lent, and on Ash Wednesday they must abstain from flesh meat of animals, which would include muskrat.
During Lent, Catholics traditionally abstain from eating meat on Fridays as a form of penance and remembrance of Jesus' sacrifice on Good Friday. This practice is meant to foster self-discipline, prayer, and reflection during the Lenten season. Fish and other seafood are often consumed as an alternative to meat on these days.