Can you eat meat today? Many believers ask themselves this question, because theoretically December 29 should include abstinence from meat. However, it turns out that it all depends on where we live. Some gave the faithful a dispensation,
Dispensation from meat foods 2023. When does it apply and does it apply to the Friday after Christmas?
says that the days when one should abstain from meat are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. What is the situation like during the New Year period? Is there fasting on the Friday after Christmas? – On Friday in the octave of the Nativity of the Lord, abstinence from meat is obligatory, unless a dispensation has been granted in accordance with the provisions of canon law – Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik, spokesman of the Polish Episcopal Conference.
Can you eat meat today? Check whether the bishop of your diocese has granted a dispensation
It is not possible to clearly answer the question whether there is fasting on Friday after, because it depends on the bishop’s decision. If you do not know whether abstinence from meat is obligatory in your region, it is worth visiting the website of the parish or diocese and checking whether the bishop has granted a dispensation. It applies, among others, in . The Metropolitan Archbishop of Warsaw, Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, explained that fasting can be replaced by prayer.
I recommend that those taking advantage of the dispensation on this day offer any prayer according to the Holy Father’s intentions and, according to their own choice, take a form of compensation by performing acts of love or offering alms.
Source: Gazeta
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