tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918352234512214855.post567132940050322662..comments2023-08-08T12:11:29.741+01:00Comments on bara brith: Fish anyoneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918352234512214855.post-32422797314570080892011-05-14T15:21:26.903+01:002011-05-14T15:21:26.903+01:00As one of those dining,
Traditionally the Roman ...As one of those dining, <br />Traditionally the Roman Church has abstained from meat on fridays, I believe Christmas day was the only exception and even that is later exception. <br /><br />I quite understand the Eastern Rites and the idea that it is pointless to abstain on a Feast day, but of course they largely follow a more frugal Lent and Advent, as the Roman Rite did at one time.<br /><br />The new code of canon law would have been an improvement if they had kept and reinforced the Fasts. How can a Feast be a feast if you have not done any special penance (abstinence / fasting etc.)<br /><br />I and many other Catholic choose to follow the Tradition of the Church.Society of St. Bedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013220772308117368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918352234512214855.post-41981951300864247292011-05-11T21:58:56.858+01:002011-05-11T21:58:56.858+01:00Um I have no pretensions to knowing the correct an...Um I have no pretensions to knowing the correct answer. <br /><br />In England and Wales you don't have to abstain from meat on Friday, unless it's Good Friday anyway, though lots of people do abstain.<br /><br />My Transalpine Redemptorist calendar has a helpful pic of a fish on such days and that included last Friday, I think...<br /><br />Ask a Priest, read a book, I'm just relating an amusing incident of unspoken Catholic solidarity, all too infrequent in the centre of London where most people are getting drunk of a Friday night, not having a quick bite to eat before rehearsing and singing Compline.leutgebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566408268292424147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918352234512214855.post-86462242564121432482011-05-11T15:57:09.839+01:002011-05-11T15:57:09.839+01:00But it's Eastertide!But it's Eastertide!Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659471135874470035noreply@blogger.com