whatdoicare wrote: » Just eat duck or Swan - that's technically considered fish in the priest handbook Also, I'm typing this while eating a meatball sub, so meh, my folks haven't cared in years what I eat.
branie2 wrote: » I don't eat meat on Ash Wednesday or Good Friday And while we're on the subject, Catholics aren't supposed to eat meat on any Friday during Lent
Deleted User wrote: » Catholics over 14
corner of hells wrote: » Erm , is there another day Catholics can't eat meat ?
seamus wrote: » Fish is meat.
Ephraim Miniature Dust wrote: » It was goose only, and Barnacle Goose at that; as it was once thought they lived a semi aquatic existence. I'm having a sirloin steak myself.
seamus wrote: » Cheers, just wanted to point out that it's not a "no meat" rule. If it comes from an animal, it's meat. Animals include mammals, fish, birds, snakes, spiders, frogs, etc.
splinter65 wrote: » Not for Catholics. Your getting an education here.
mcmoustache wrote: » I should also point out that for catholics, beavers, puffins and alligators are fish. This means that they are not meat and so can be eaten on Good Friday. This is not my opinion, this is the church's stance on it. To recap, beavers are fish and fish isn't meat. Nothing crazy going on there at all.
Ipso wrote: » Do people take communion on Ash Wednesday??
splinter65 wrote: » One of the best things about being a Catholic is laughing at how riled up non Catholics get over our religions rules and regulations. Rules and regulations like fast days, which don’t affect anyone else in an way shape or form. The frustration and irritation is very amusing indeed.
splinter65 wrote: » Yes they do, yes. And no, the body and blood of Jesus doesn’t break the fast. Next?!?
Lorelli! wrote: » My parents never followed it and almost every Ash Wed/Good Friday if it came up in conversation, my dad would say something about how it was made to prop up the fishing industry at the time. I haven't read up on it but I think there is some theory about that.
mcmoustache wrote: » Was Jesus a fish?
refusetolose wrote: » he'd be cold blooded anyway by now surely
splinter65 wrote: » You know the recession is over when you can have steak on a Wednesday. Just 3 short years ago Wednesday was egg and chips.
splinter65 wrote: » No Jesus was a man. The son of God. Don’t get all frustrated now, it really doesn’t affect you in any way.
Ephraim Miniature Dust wrote: » Thursdays are egg and chip in this house.
Ipso wrote: » Apart from the going to hell bit. Wasn't he also god?
branie2 wrote: » Where's me steak?!
Ephraim Miniature Dust wrote: » It's pre 15th century and the protection of the fishing industry is an old myth.
Lorelli! wrote: » Yea, just looked it up there quickly and saw this.. "The origin of the fish-on-Friday tradition is shrouded in mystery. There is a school of thought that claims it can be traced back to a nefarious medieval pope whose brother (or cousin, or uncle) owned the Italian fishing fleet, and who created the no-meat rule as a sure-fire way of shifting product. This theory surfaces in unsolicited emails around this time every year and, let’s face it, sounds like exactly the sort of thing nefarious medieval popes would have been getting up to. But since the pope in question is never named, we must (reluctantly) send it to the place where fishy conspiracy theories go to die."https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/a-good-friday-for-fish-hard-choices-on-the-menu-1.1764154%3fmode=amp
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