Do you eat meat on Good Friday?

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I’m not a Christian but was brought up going to Sunday school etc with my grandparents. Neither of my parents are religious at all either but we were brought up that you don’t eat meat on Good Friday. Every year I have this battle with myself! It’s irrational I know and my teen DS has been laughing when I suggested we have fish today saying ‘but you don’t even believe in God!’ He’s right I know but it’s almost become a weird superstition to me now. I’m not even superstitious! Maybe just odd?

No meat for us either. We all eat fish on Good Friday, including 2 teenagers that fully support our choice. In fact, we were talking about it at lunchtime, and the children said it’s traditional for our family and intend to continue with it as adults.

Didn't the church change it's mind about meat on Fridays? At some point. If they can't make up their minds, I've no idea why anyone else would pay attention.

They changed their minds back,people were still supposed to deny themselves something but didn't.

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I'm the opposite, I had planned courgettes stuffed with mushrooms, then I realised the date and made chicken wrapped in bacon.

I'll show those nuns from school what a rebel I am (even though they will have no idea and at least 2 are dead).

No, and do it as a tradition from my RC childhood, though I am an atheist. For similar reasons I make pace eggs, put up a nativity set, and send only sacred cards to religious friends at Christmas.

Severely lapsed RC.
I still do fishy Friday all year though.

Fish on Good Friday is a tradition I keep up, so we had salmon yesterday but I did have a ham sandwich for lunch!

Growing up, we always had fish for lunch on Saturdays. I remember weekly trips to the fish shop and being incredibly impressed with the skill of the fishmonger and the speed with which he used to fillet the plaice.

@mathanxiety Throughout England and Wales, practicing Catholics have not been permitted to eat meat on Fridays since 2011.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14929199

There are some exceptions such as if you have meat that would go off if you didn’t eat it on a Friday or if you would cause offence to a dinner host but you are still supposed to move the fast to another day or fast from something else like TV.

I’m not sure what the rules are in Scotland, NI, ROI but these rules definitely still apply in some
other parts of the world too.

Practising Christian here. I work in a church, we have an annual Good Friday staff lunch after the services at the Senior Minister’s house. He always cooks steak...!

No. I was brought up as a Catholic. Not practising. No meat on Good Friday and Christmas eve has just stuck with me.

We had fish and chips in a local pub. When it arrived, the mushy peas had small pieces of ham in them for some reason, so I didn't eat them!

EleanorOalike, yes clearly it does depend on the diocese.

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has decided to drop the fasting on all Fridays. This is their prerogative according to Canon Law Can. 1253 The conference of bishops can determine more precisely the observance of fast and abstinence as well as substitute other forms of penance, especially works of charity and exercises of piety, in whole or in part, for abstinence and fast.
Fasting and abstinence are obligatory for Ash Wednesday and Good Friday and abstinence on Fridays during Lent are the rule where I am.

www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/lent/catholic-information-on-lenten-fast-and-abstinence.cfm