Today is Ash Wednesday, the begining of lent. Are we NOT suppose to eat meat today?
2007-02-21 05:34:44 · 10 answers · asked by Life Is Amazing 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes.
We are supposed to fast and abstain from meat today.
The Catholic Church and many other Christians Churches follow the Biblical practice of Jesus Christ and the Jews in setting aside days where the entire Church fasts and prays as one in a attitude of constant renewal.
By the solemn forty days of Lent the Church unites herself each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert and in spiritual preparation for the celebration of His Passion, Death, and Resurrection.
This season of penance is an intense moments of the Church's penitential practice and are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and charitable and missionary works.
With love in Christ.
2007-02-21 16:33:54 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Traditionally, yes, you're to abstain from meat today, especially if you're a Roman Catholic.
However, as a Christian, I believe that how and if you observe Lent is an individual choice. For example, I haven't eaten meat yet today, but I might before the day is out.
Lent is not specifically prescribed in the Bible, but I don't think that means that a person can't observe it. Lenten practices are inspired by Biblical events and saying, such as Jesus' 40-day fast in the desert before he began his ministry.
2007-02-21 10:57:58 · answer #2 · answered by MNL_1221 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the day previous to this...that's unusual by way of fact ash Wednesday became this previous Wednesday no longer the day previous to this. anyhow all it basically is, is while the arms from final years palm Sunday are burned and the priest will smear the ashes on our brow interior the variety of a flow symbolizing us commencing over...or increasing from the ashes. that's kinda like a sparkling commencing up and we attempt to do something valuable for lent as a devotion to Christ. it is likewise the 1st day of lent the place we keep in mind Jesus walking interior the direction of the barren area for 40 days/nights. i'm catholic and went to catholic faculties all my existence so I even have had to flow by using a great variety of ash Wednesdays so optimistically this facilitates and my time wasn't wasted too a lot there.
2016-09-29 10:27:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't listen to evangelical know-it-all up there. Lent is a tradition we (Catholics and most Reform Protestants) observe for the purpose of deepening on our relationship with Christ. There are days of privation (Ash Wednesday and Fridays) whereby we fast as an observance of holiness. If you are physically healthy and capable, you are to limit your meals to one small one and one large one, and abstain from meat for the day.
My wife is a vegetarian, so she abstains from dairy for the day (rather than meat), but she is also borderline hypoglycemic, and so has several smaller meals to prevent her from passing out.
The intent of the season is to prepare us for Easter, to deepen us in holiness and remind us our creaturehood before God, that we may grow in appreciation for the profound gift of salvation, in preparation for Christ's return. Some will say, "Shouldn't you do that all year round?" Yes, and especially so during this season. The Catholic Way of Christ submerges our lives in seeking holiness, so that we engage in actions both symbolic and real as we seek deeper communion with Jesus.
Therefore, when you feel the pangs of hunger, or the privations caused by your sacrifices, think of the Lord, think of the poor (whom the Lord calls His own, per Isaiah), and set your mind on the higher things knowing that this life is only a temporary and insubstantial shadow to the eternal life that awaits us in Heaven.
Blessings throughout this season (even to the evangelical know-it-all guy up there).
V17
2007-02-21 07:26:49 · answer #4 · answered by Veritatum17 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
We mustn´t eat meat today. Today is a day of fast and abstinence.
Every Friday is a day of abstinence. Ash Wednseday too.
2007-02-21 05:40:41 · answer #5 · answered by alfonso p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
true. No meat today or any Friday until after Easter.
At least in my dioceses, only one meal is supposed to be eaten today. (for healthy adults 18-60)
2007-02-21 05:39:05 · answer #6 · answered by Tiff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't a matter of what you're supposed to do - it's a matter of where the Holy Spirit leads you. Lenten rules are made by man for religion. Ask your church clergy, then, what practices they use for Lent. Whatever those practices are, let them not compromise your love for God or for those around you.
2007-02-21 05:58:11 · answer #7 · answered by In God I Trust (a.k.a. infohog) 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, you are supposed to abstain from eating meat today.
I think you need to abstain from sex as well.
2007-02-21 05:38:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually I think you're supposed to FAST today.
2007-02-21 05:38:03 · answer #9 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup.
youre not suppose to eat meat today.
and for adults youre suppose to fast too.
2007-02-21 15:21:57 · answer #10 · answered by tran_face 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋