Why Don T Catholics Eat Meat on Friday
Abstaining from meat is a form of penance and sacrifice. Catholics believe that Jesus went into the desert for 40 days without food or water and was tempted by the Devil. Pin On Catholic Under the Code of Canon Law for the Catholic Church Christians are bound to do penance each in his or her own way. . Before Vatican II Catholics were required to abstain from meat every Friday as a form of penance in honor of the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross on Good Friday. This includes the meat from chickens sheep pigs cows and other forms of livestock any animal. Abstinence is one of our oldest Christian traditions. Like I said previously Catholics have a requirement by the Catholic Church to perform something to acknowledge their sin and repent for their sins. Catholics will avoid meat including beef pork chicken ham and lamb on Ash Wednesday Good Friday and other Fridays during Lent. All I know is on Friday Im eating tuna. ...