The traditional purpose of Lent is the penitential preparation of the believer through prayer, penance, repentance, almsgiving, and self-denial from the 40-day period between Ash Wednesday and Easter.
During Lent, many Christian believers commit to fasting or giving up certain types of luxury or bad (sinful) habits as a form of penitence.
Someone may fast by giving up drinking coffee or eating candies or chocolate or abstain from watching TV.
they do not eat anything else besides fish, tuna, squid, and other crusances.
sort of (during lent you can eat it on fridays)
Because we would choose meat over fish any day! The whole point of not eating meat on Fridays during lent is that it is a sacrifice.
Because they were used as a sign for christians.
Lungs!
Fish is fish. It's not considered meat because during Lent when you can't eat meat you eat fish instead!
Catholics eat fish on fridays during lent as a sacrifice because Jesus went 40 days in the desert without food.
chicken
As far as abstinence is concerned, fish is not considered as meat.
It is perfectly A-okay for Catholics to eat fish during lent. The main reason that Catholics do eat fish is because they are not supposed to eat meat of Fridays during lent. Which is why McDonald's fish fillet is so popular around this time.
Fish eat many things some eat planktom some eat moss!!
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.