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Do we fast and do abstinence every day during Lent?
Fast and abstinence is required only on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday; all FRIDAYS are Abstinence only but fast is optional on all days of lent
What is abstinence as it relates to lent?
Abstinence means not having meat for 40 days during lent or atleast on Ash Wednesday or Good Friday. These are the days of fasting and penance.
Can people fourteen and younger have chicken during Lent?
Yes. The rules of Lenten abstinence don't apply to youngsters under the age of fourteen.
Can you eat meat on Wednesday for Lent?
Yes. During lent Fridays are days of abstinence (no meat) and ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting and abstinence.
What is it called when Catholics don't eat meat during Lent?
It is called abstinence.
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.
What is fasting and abstinence during Lent and what are the rules governing it?
Fasting is eating only three meals with no snacks or eating in between meals and the two lesser meals combined should not be greater than the biggest meal. Abstinence means no meat. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence. Fasting is recommended but not required on other days of Lent. Rules apply to those between ages 18 and 60 for fasting and 14 until death for abstinence unless medical reasons contraindicate.
Today Is it okay to eat meat on Fridays during lent in 2011?
If you are Catholic, you are bound by Catholic discipline. Fridays during Lent are days of abstinence and we cannot eat meat, this has not changed.
What is another word for not eating meat in Lent in the Catholic religion?
Abstinence or to abstain from eating meat.
What does abstain mean for Catholic?
Abstinence means not having any form of sex.Roman Catholic Answer: Abstinence means giving something up. Usually this is used in the sense of Abstinence from meat. All Fridays are Days of Abstinence, and Good Friday and Ash Wednesday are days of Abstinence and Fasting. In the United States, to abstain from meat has been reduced to obligatory in Lent and optional on other Fridays. In other words, you can give something else up instead of meat. It would still be abstaining.
Lent continues until?
Lent is from Ash Wednesday until Good Friday. Lent is from Ash Wednesday until Good Friday. Lent is from Ash Wednesday until Easter Sunday. Lent ends with the beginning of Mass on Holy Thursday however, the Lenten laws concerning fasting and abstinence continue until the Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday.
Abstinence can lead to?
virginity at age 40
