Houston-area Catholics may eat meat on a Friday during Lent. Here's why.🍀 KPRC2 Houston hounews HTX Texas
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo issued this statement on The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston website on March 3, reading in part:
“This year, the Memorial of Saint Patrick falls on Friday, March 17. It is well known that Saint Patrick’s Day is a day of friendly social celebration for many American Catholics. “I, therefore, decree that on Friday, March 17, 2023, all Catholics of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, no matter where they may be, and all other Catholics present in the Archdiocese on that day, are, by my authority, dispensed from the obligation to abstain from meat .
“While it is not required that anyone make use of this dispensation, those who do wish to make use of it are encouraged to do an extra act of charity or penance in exchange for eating meat on that day.”Lent is traditionally the period of observance for Christians that begins on Ash Wednesday -- six and a half weeks before Easter -- providing a 40-day period for fasting and abstinence in imitation of Jesus Christ’s fasting in the wilderness before he began his public ministry.
During this time, Catholics and other Christians choose to give up specific pleasures, such as sweets, alcohol, or social media, as a way to foster simplicity and self-control, using their cravings or desires for these items as a reminder to pray and to refocus on spiritual matters. (
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