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> Subject: Friday Abstinence
In summary, let it NOT be said that by this action,
implementing the spirit of renewal coming out of the Council,
we have abolished Friday, repudiated the holy traditions of
our fathers, or diminished the insistence of the Church on the
fact of sin and the need of penance. Rather, let it be proved
by the spirit in which we enter upon prayer and penance, NOT
EXCLUDING FAST AND ABSTINENCE FREELY CHOSEN, that these
present decisions and recommendations of this conference of
bishops will herald a new birth of loving faith and more
profound penitential conversion, by both of which we become
one with Christ, mature children of God and servants of God's
people."
The capitalizations in the above document are mine. In the real order,
everyone should follow the Lenten regulations published each year by the
local bishop, observing them as a salutary minimum of penance.
Sincerely in Christ,
Father Mateo
- Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit -
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