It is done as more of a penance.
Roman Catholic AnswerCatholics abstain from meat on Good Friday to honor the day on which Our Blessed Lord offered His life on the cross for our salvation. It is one of the precepts or commandments of the Church.Roman Catholics do not eat meat on Fridays during the season of Lent, which is the 40 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, and does not include Sundays. Because Jesus was crucified on Good Friday, Roman Catholics abstain from eating the flesh of animals as a small reminder of how Jesus sacrificed Himself for them. Since they do not eat meat, many Roman Catholics replace it with fish (another source of protein)
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Catholics abstain eating meat during Lent on every Friday of the season. Fish can be eaten on this day, just not red meat.
Catholics fast on Good Friday, and traditionally eat fish and not meat on Fridays during Lent. They used to be forbidden to eat meat every Friday, and depending upon their location and diocese, some still are. Good Friday is a fast day, where one goes without the usual luxuries as a form of penance, purification and remembrance of God's laws.Christ died on Good Friday, so we observe that every Friday in Lent including Good Friday.
Catholics traditionally eat fish on Fridays as a form of abstinence from meat.
The catholics belive that eating red meat on Friday is a sin or disgrace and so the only meat they can eat is fish, that is not poultry or red meat. The above doesn't address the history of this tradition, which has nothing to do with piety. See links
you are allowed to eat fish on good Friday but just not meatfish is not classed as meat
No, the reason behind eating fish on Friday is a form of sacrifice since it is the day of the week that Jesus died for us. It is because Catholics over 14 are supposed to abstain from meat on Friday and we eat fish!
You can't eat meat on Good Friday, but you only eat fish instead. But some say This is the kind of nonsense that makes Protestants laugh at Catholics. The Bible CLEARLY says that we are free to fast or not fast, eat meat or not eat meat, as we please. IT CLEARLY says that these kinds of "religious practices" are worthless and that God sees "good works" as nothing but "filthy rags." Follow Jesus. Give Him your heart. That's all that counts. These kinds of questions reflect the kind of dead useless "religiosity" that Jesus came to ABOLISH!
Not all French people are Catholics, or strictly observant of religious rules, so maybe half of the French population will not pay heed whether it is Good Friday or not. That said, it is standard that in canteens (either at schools or at the workplace) that the menu on (regular) Fridays offers fish instead of meat or a similar alternative menu, even more so on Good Friday.
Fillet-O-Fish
Fish is the traditional dinner