tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post2686031223077325810..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: AbstainingFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-41022016658426960422007-02-20T19:22:00.000+00:002007-02-20T19:22:00.000+00:00ps you r quite right Friday Abstinence is now so v...ps you r quite right Friday Abstinence is now so vague who knows what it meansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-69634847466573326842007-02-20T19:21:00.000+00:002007-02-20T19:21:00.000+00:00Well at least Wonersh taught you something!only jo...Well at least Wonersh taught you something!only jokingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-13998377257620683202007-02-20T07:37:00.000+00:002007-02-20T07:37:00.000+00:00Andrew, I did not mean to mislead, but the subject...Andrew, I did not mean to mislead, but the subject of this post is not fasting but abstainence. In the UK I cannot recall any Bishop ever mentioning abstinence, and the Conference of Bishops sets abstinence on Fridays as one option, along with saying the Rosary, or the Stations of the Cross, or visiting the sick. It is so vague that hardly anyone, is aware of this canon.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-87856768740268635602007-02-20T05:16:00.000+00:002007-02-20T05:16:00.000+00:00There are just two days of abstinence now, Ash Wed...<I>There are just two days of abstinence now, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.</I><BR/><BR/>Actually Father, the 2 days you mentioned are days of <I><B>fast</B></I> and abstinence. <BR/><BR/>The following is taken from the 1983 Code of Canon Law.<BR/><BR/>Canon 1251 -- Abstinence from eating meat or another food according to the prescriptions of the conference of bishops is to be observed on Fridays throughout the year unless they are solemnities; abstinence and fast are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and on the Friday of the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09356738924839809045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-22572413040214286362007-02-19T20:25:00.000+00:002007-02-19T20:25:00.000+00:00Clare,My sermon yesterday was about enemies, havin...Clare,<BR/>My sermon yesterday was about enemies, having them and forgiving them.<BR/>Though one might fast and abstain on penitential days, there are also feastdays and solemnities when it would be a bit wrong to fast or even to abstain.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-64778302651574304342007-02-19T15:02:00.000+00:002007-02-19T15:02:00.000+00:00I agreed with your sermon yesterday that Lent isn’...I agreed with your sermon yesterday that Lent isn’t about just giving up chocolate, but giving up meat for Lent seems to me a much more tangible action of faith. Vegetarianism is something I think that shouldn’t be integrally linked with religion, like it is with Hinduism, but surely by adopting vegetarianism even for a short time shows a respect for sentient life. Furthermore, the fact that you are prepared to eat food found as low on the food chain as possible can be nothing but a humbling act, a reminder that we are prepared to do with as little as possible every now and again. And, you’ve heard it before, but eating meat does have a huge environmental impact on our planet. So it's not just the animals you're doing it ... Tell you what, if you give up animal meat for Lent, I’ll give up fish (as I don’t eat meat.) If you give up meat and fish, I’ll go Vegan (gulp) for Lent. How about it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com