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Originally, Lent meant no meat or other animal products.
But in modern practice, various foods are abstained from, to honor Jesus who is said to have walked through the desert with no food for forty days.
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∙ 11y agoBelow is a link to Paenitemini, Pope Paul VI's apostolic constitution regulating penance, particularly the new laws regarding fast and abstinence. Here is the appropriate paragraph on abstinence. Meat in Church law is usually regarded to be warm blooded: beef, lamb, poultry, pork, etc. Thus if you don't like fish, grilled rattlesnake is fine.
III. 1. The law of abstinence forbids the use of meat, but not of eggs, the products of milk or condiments made of animal fat.
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∙ 16y agoRed meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent.
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∙ 9y agoThat would depend on the country in which you live. However, meat is not eaten on all Fridays during Lent as well as on Ash Wednesday.
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∙ 12y agoMeat is not eaten on Ash Wednesday or all Fridays during Lent.
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Can you eat meat from the ages born to 16 during Lent?
People aged 14 or older are not allowed to eat meat on Fridays during Lent.
Can Catholics eat eggs on Friday during lent?
Yes, though they cannot eat meat on Fridays during Lent, eggs are allowed to be consumed by Roman Catholics on these days
Do Methodist followers eat meat during Lent?
It is not required to eat meat or not eat meat during Lent.
Can you eat alligator 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.
Can you eat eggs during lent?
yes you can
Can Catholics have pies during Lent?
Yes, Catholics may eat pies during Lent unless they are meat pies and those may not be eaten on Fridays during Lent.
Can Catholics eat meat on Wednesdays during Lent?
Yes, with the exception of Ash Wednesday when meat may not be eaten.
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.
Can Catholics eat skinless chicken and pork products during 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.
What days are we not to eat meat?
Fridays during Lent.
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.
Can poultry be eaten during Lent?
Yes. You can't eat meat on Friday, and Ash Wednesday (currently today).Roman Catholic AnswerThe law of abstinence, to which you are referring is: The law of abstinence forbids the use of meat, but not of eggs, the products of milk or condiments made of animal fatand is currently binding on all Fridays of the year, and Ash Wednesday. In the United States, people are allowed to give up something else on Fridays outside of Lent. So cheese, as a "product of milk" is legitimate. The complete current regulations are found at the link below.
