The official position of the Usccb is that the meat penance is still supposed to be the normal practice. They say that they "the Catholic community will ordinarily continue to abstain from meat by free choice as formerly we did in obedience to Church law"
The official position of the Usccb is that the meat penance is still supposed to be the normal practice. They say that they "the Catholic community will ordinarily continue to abstain from meat by free choice as formerly we did in obedience to Church law"
Sure. But they allow the substitution of any other penance, and I haven't ever had a conversation with anyone who does any other penance (save those who occasionally substitute a rosary when they forget and eat meat). So I'm still wondering.
The official position of the Usccb is that the meat penance is still supposed to be the normal practice. They say that they "the Catholic community will ordinarily continue to abstain from meat by free choice as formerly we did in obedience to Church law"
Sure. But they allow the substitution of any other penance, and I haven't ever had a conversation with anyone who does any other penance (save those who occasionally substitute a rosary when they forget and eat meat). So I'm still wondering.