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Originally posted by lifesaver
So since its St. Patty's day, all the bishops are giving dispensation so peeps can eat corned beef on the holiday. I can especially understand how important that is in South Texas where I have actually met BOTH Irish people here. But that is besides the point.
I thought the rule was (dispensations aside) that Catholics couldnt eat BEEF on Fridays during lent or ash wednesday. I guess that belief was perpetuated because all the restauraunts here advertise fish dinners on Fridays during Lent. Fish is a meet, so whats up? What are the rules? I know about the under 14 / over 60 exemption, but still? Fish/No Fish? Whats up with Chicken? Go or no go?
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All Bishops are not giving dispenastions. Ours in the Diocese of Eastern Oklahoma did not, but the Bishop in Oklahoma City did. It is up to the individual Bishop.
In Irish history, Catholics fasted from meat during all of Lent, not just Fridays, and of course all Catholics fasted from meat on Fridays all year, not just during Lent. So, regardless of whether St. Patrick's Day fell on a Friday or not, meat would not have been allowed. The Bishop of Ireland tradiationally granted a dispensation, not just for corned beef, but also to engage in a celebration of their patron. (Any celebrations during Lent were and still are forbidden.)
My family has never participated in the dispensations even when they were given.
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