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Catholic fasting is no different from any other fasting. Fasting means going without food for a day or longer, or a very limited amount of food. There are special days through the year where we are encouraged to fast, ie Good Friday (the Friday when we commemorate Jesus death) Friday was usually a fasting day, which meant eating less food, or fish in the past instead of meat. Now people are encouraged to just give something up, could be anything ie smoking, but it must be done in love for Jesus and as a positive action to help others. the money saved would be given to a good cause. Fish on Friday is not fasting anymore as fish is now as expensive as meat and a luxury of sort. Before communion (Eucharist) catholic abstain from food for an hour. During Lent catholics and other denominations fast or give up something to remove from their life useless or harmful baggage and get closer to the Lord. Our lives are so busy so cluttered that we have no time for the Lord Fasting is not done to lose weight!!! It is to remind us that the body which we pamper to so much is only a part of ourselves and will one day perish while our souls will live on. It is a question of cleaning our act so we are more open to receive the Grace of the Lord. Once we have received the Lord through His Grace, he guides us and changes from the inside to become closer and closer to the person that was created in the first place. Fasting is also to remind us that some of our brothers and sisters barely have enough food to survive and that some of them don't. We have a duty of sharing what we have and not look the other way.
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Who is excepted to fast in the Catholic Church?
The people expected to fast in the Catholic Church are people over 14 years of age that aren't elderly or in a situation where fasting would deteriorate health.
Who are Eastern Catholics who recognize the pope?
Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church Armenian Catholic Church Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church Chaldean Catholic Church Coptic Catholic Church Patriarchate Ethiopian Catholic Church Byzantine Church of Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro Greek Byzantine Catholic Church Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church Italo-Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church Macedonian Catholic Church Maronite Catholic Church Melkite Greek-Catholic Church Romanian Greek-Catholic Church Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church Slovak Byzantine Catholic Church Syriac Catholic Church Patriarchate Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
What are the rules governing abstinence?
The rules that govern abstinence in the Catholic church also govern fasting. These rules are called the Code of Canon Law for Roman Catholic churches and the Code of Canons of Oriental Churches for Eastern Catholic churches.
Where is the Lutheran Catholic Church located?
There is a Lutheran Church and a Catholic Church but no Lutheran Catholic Church.
What were the Catholic fasting days in 2016?
In 2016, the Catholic fasting days were Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, where Catholics traditionally abstain from meat and fast.
Is the Chaldean Catholic Church associated with the Roman Catholic Church?
There is no "Roman" Catholic Church: Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. The Chaldean Catholic Church is part of the Catholic Church.
Does the American Orthodox Catholic Church worship on Saturdays?
There is an Orthodox Church and a Catholic Church. There is no Catholic Orthodox Church.
Why does th church require certain days of fasting and abstinence?
so we know what does are fasting
Who celebrates Lent?
Lent is commemorated (not celebrated) by some Christian denominations. The tradition is strong in the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutheran church and in some branches of the Anglican (or Episcopalian) church.
The division of the Christian Church?
There is only one Catholic Church. There are no divisions. There are some non-Catholic denominations who call themselves Catholic but who are not Catholic, they are Protestant. If the church is not united under the pope in Rome, it is not a Catholic Church.
Which church follows Catholic ritual?
The Catholic Church.
What sect of what church is the pope the head of?
The pope is the head of the Catholic Church. There is only one Catholic Church and it is not a sect. To be a Catholic Church, a church must be in union with the pope. If they are not in union with the pope, they are not Catholic.
