Friday Fast

[GODisLikeWhoa]

Hey all!
I was just wondering. I personally am going to try making it a practice of mine throughout the year. I think it's also a great way to witness to the Faith without words.

In Jesus and Mary,
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[homeschoolmom]

I try to remember, but I'm not very good at it. But I usually substitute another penance since meat's not a big deal to me...

Does going to Friday mass with three small children count as a penance?

[Cam42]

[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=40215"]From the Q&A......[/url]here are the laws regarding this folks....

Just thought I'd be helpful.....do I fast, you bet.....I am a letter of the law kinda guy.

[homeschoolmom]

I was kidding about Friday mass.

[Cam42]

[quote name='homeschoolmom' date='Sep 25 2005, 10:05 PM']I try to remember, but I'm not very good at it. But I usually substitute another penance since meat's not a big deal to me...

Does going to Friday mass with three small children count as a penance?
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Absolutely.....I am impressed that you can get them all dressed, fed and cleaned before Mass starts.....WOWza....

[jezic]

well they don't serve meat here on friday so yes.

THough it is really hard sometimes now cause i don't have all my good non-meaty stuff.....

Good penance. :

Especially when they make me eat fish

[CatholicAndFanatical]

I try to remember to fast, but normally I dont. Something im working on along with the other thousand things on my 'Working on' list.

However, I do try and pray for people even more that day, or be extra nice and tolerant.

[Didacus]

I am currently in negotiations with my wife for the Friday fast. In the mean time, guess I'll have to substitute with another form of penance but I have not found one that is properly suited so far.

The negotiations are tough because the nutrition department is under my wifes jurisdiction in my household, so it gets a little rocky.

On the other hand I won the 'prayer before supper' debate and forced my ten year old to watch 'the Mission' and he actually liked it very much.
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And PS, for me, no meat is a penance... I love meat, all meat! If only I could eat only meat and skip the other food groups (except beer), I would be quite a content little Catholic.

Edited September 26, 2005 by Didacus

[Sarah_JC]

In my house, if I didn't eat the meat for supper, I'd be in trouble with my Dad. So I do.
But I fast on Wed and Fri as is appropriate with the brown scapluar. I just sometimes have to eat meat at dinner.

[keighters]

[quote name='GODisLikeWhoa' date='Sep 25 2005, 09:01 PM']Hey all!
I was just wondering. I personally am going to try making it a practice of mine throughout the year. I think it's also a great way to witness to the Faith without words.

In Jesus and Mary,
++Allie  :
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i always fast from meat on fridays... and it definitely is a great way to witness... esp. cause i'm at school on fridays. One day i ordered a meatless chicken sandwich but they were out so i was like ok i'll have a grilled coagulated milk... this guy next to me was like "sooo you like being a vegitarian??" i told him i wasn't and after he got over his confusion i explained how and why i don't eat meat on fridays. it was pretty cool to be able to share that with him.

[Nicole8223]

Yep, no meat on Friday for me!

[Cathurian]

It's a big deal for my mom, and on top of that, she forgets often, so I have to come up with another penance that day anyway.

I've just decided to pray the Way of the Cross on Fridays instead.

[tojo]

I pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet with friends on Fridays at 3pm. That could work as a penance right?

*convert confused about the nature of penance*

[sweetpea316]

This is something I'd like to start doing....

But, as a curious little not yet Catholic like myself...what is the significance of it? Just so that I'm not doing it 'just because', but know the reason behind it.

[zabbazooey]

I did it for 2 weeks and then i totally up on last friday.

dust myself off and try again....

[Crispy]

does it HAVE to be meat? what are some other good substitutions?

[ofpheritup]

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Does going to Friday mass with three small children count as a penance?
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Oh yeah, you betcha" This is penance with capital P.
Do I sound like I come from a large family?

Edited September 26, 2005 by ofpheritup

[ofpheritup]

[quote name='Crispy' date='Sep 26 2005, 02:18 PM']does it HAVE to be meat?  what are some other good substitutions?
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GOSSIP !

[homeschoolmom]

Soda...

[Maria]

Abstaining from meat is abstinence, not fasting. Fasting is having less than (or equal to, perhaps) two meals worth -- 1 full meal and two snacks.

We do the abstinence thing but we don't fast on Fridays.