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I am a former Catholic who grew up in a very conservative Catholic family. My father always followed pre-Vatican II rules. Every day during Lent (except Sunday), he allowed himself two small meals and one regular-sized meal. One of the three meals could include meat, except on Fridays and Ash Wednesday. Meat was forbidden on Fridays, Lent or not. Fish doesn't count as meat, but my father doesn't like fish. So my mother and I had to follow along, and have pasta every Friday, Lent or not.
My parents are now exempt from fasting, but my father still abstains from meat on Fridays... my parents' diocese issued a dispensation for St. Patrick's Day, but he sticks by the letter of the law nonetheless.
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