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.
We ought to keep the fast of the Ember days strictly, in order to implore almighty God to send us good priests, and to thank Him for the benefits received during the past quarter.
We are also bound to fast on the vigils of certain feasts, in order the better to prepare ourselves for celebrating those feasts.
It is by no means the desire of the Church that we should fast to the injury of our health, or that we should thereby be hindered from performing the duties of our station.
Fasting is beneficial both for the soul and the body.
Abstinence from food is only pleasing to God if, at the same time, we refrain from sin and perform good works.

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