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Show 167: The 2nd Commandment of the Church, Fasting and Abstinence
THE SECOND COMMANDMENT OF THE CHURCH
By the second commandment of the Church the precept of fast ing is laid upon us.
In the second commandment of the Church we are ordered to abstain on all Fridays of the year; and to fast during the forty days of Lent, on the Ember days, and on the vigils of certain feasts.
We are forbidden to eat meat on Friday, because on that day Our Lord died for us.
During the forty days of Lent only one full meal is to be taken, as a partial imitation of Our Lord's fast of forty days, and as a suitable preparation for celebrating the festival of Easter.
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