It was on this day of the week that our glorious Redeemer died for us. Please, never forget this, especially at 3 o'clock, the hour that He died. At 3 o'clock attempt to pray the 3 o'clock Mercy Prayer. Please remember Our Lord's love and repent today.
Code of Canon Law:
Can. 1249 All Christ's faithful are obliged by divine law, each in his or her own way, to do penance. However, so that all may be joined together in a certain common practice of penance, days of penance are prescribed. On these days the faithful are in a special manner to devote themselves to prayer, to engage in works of piety and charity, and to deny themselves, by fulfilling their obligations more faithfully and especially by observing the fast and abstinence which the following canons prescribe.
Can. 1250 The days and times of penance for the universal Church are each Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent.
Can. 1251 Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
Can. 1252 The law of abstinence binds those who have completed their fourteenth year. The law of fasting binds those who have attained their majority, until the beginning of their sixtieth year. Pastors of souls and parents are to ensure that even those who by reason of their age are not bound by the law of fasting and abstinence, are taught the true meaning of penance.
Can. 1253 The Episcopal Conference can determine more particular ways in which fasting and abstinence are to be observed. In place of abstinence or fasting it can substitute, in whole or in part, other forms of penance, especially works of charity and exercises of piety.
2 comment(s):
Yep.
I have to tell you that most "Catholics" don't believe this even when confronted with the canon law dictates...
Thanks. I saved your Canon 1250 to send to those folks!
Same here, NewGuy40. Even when confronted they reject the truth, the Law and that tiny little cross of Friday abstinance. Unbelievable! They are Protestants!
Like you I will pass this great Article with the Canon 1250 to as many folks as I can. Might even memorize it so I can shove it in the face of the next slothful "c"atholic that I meet.
Might just tell them about Ember Days too just to see them hiss and spit. If they knew that Advent was a penetential season they would shreik like a vampire at the sight of the morning sun. Good golly! This could be fun!
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