Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Lenten season for Roman Catholics, so I thought it would be appropriate to dig up this old favorite about the challenging complexities of abstaining from meat on Lenten Fridays.
Enjoy!
This morning I was listening to the 10/30/15 podcast of the Calling All Catholics talk radio show on The Station of the Cross, 101.7 FM, out of Buffalo, New York. “Father” Dave Baker was taking questions, assisted by moderator, Mike Denz.
One of the listeners had a question regarding the church’s rule on abstinence from meat on Fridays during Lent, which I thought was quite timely because we’re currently in the Lenten season. Because the Catholic church absolutely forbids meat on Fridays during Lent, any Catholic who defiantly consumes meat commits a “mortal” sin and is doomed to hell for eternity unless they confess the sin to a priest.
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2 Corinthians 11:3 – But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
…So much for the simplicity of Jesus, eh?
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Thanks, Hope! Yes, it’s picayune legalism. In contrast is the Gospel of grace, which is so simple (yet so profound) a child can understand it.
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Haha I haven’t seen these in years!! 😂
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Thanks for chiming in, Shara!
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Wow I remember reading that brisket post you linked last year but it is relevant than ever; I wonder how many Catholics are literate with their own theology to know how severe the penalty is for eating meet on fridays…
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Thanks, Jim. Good question. For some reason,
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Argh, accidentally hit send again. For some reason, Catholics really embrace these Lenten disciplines – ashes on the forehead and abstention from meat – while virtually ignoring most of the others.
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Ash Wednesday falling on Valentine’s Day puts a cramp in many fancy supper plans from what I understand.
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Right, Wally. There’s MANY stories in the news about this “dilemma.” I posted on it a couple of weeks ago.
https://excatholic4christ.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/oy-vey-yet-another-liturgical-calendrical-dilemma-for-catholics/
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I remember that post, at the time It didn’t really click until I got to listening to some stuff on the radio this morning.
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Unfortunately, for hundreds of millions of religious people, the focus is on a process and not Jesus Christ.
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Speaking of that one of my friends responded to your comment at my place this morning. He has since mistaken ideas about Christianity. Maybe you wound like to assist him. He is an old timer around there and tends to not listen
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Argh! Thanks for pointing out his reply, Wally. I’ll respond to him tomorrow.
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Best with it. I have talked to Steve for 3 years now to no avail. Yet he still comes around
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Yeah, I think some of these aggressive atheists are trying to stifle their doubts.
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