03-19-2006, 08:46 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by AGDee
No meat to the Catholics means no beef, chicken, pork, lamb. If it lives on land, you don't eat it, if it lives in water, you can eat it.
The whole point is supposed to be sacrifice. I laughed to myself when someone at work was complaining in Ash Wednesday that there was no fish available for lunch. I suggested that she have grilled cheese and she said "I was looking forward to fish", which is totally against the whole point of having a "fast" day.
The "Saints" days are considered feast days, so there is a conflict when it happens on a fasting day during Lent. That's why the dispensations were issued.
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I personally can't stand fish so our family either eats cheese pizza or cheese ravioli. Not much of a sacrifice. 
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