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Ash Wednesday and Good Friday:
Days of Fast (eat less) and abstinence (no meat). Limit of one full
meal without meat and two light meals on these days for all who
have completed their 18th and have not reached their 60th year.
Days of abstinence (no meat):
All Fridays during Lent. For
all who have completed their 14th year. Weekdays of Lent: There
no obligation to fast. However, voluntary acts of self denial are
recommended. These may include prayer, participation in daily Mass,
spiritual reading, works of charity and efforts to bring about justice.
Easter Duty:
Catholics are bound by the obligation of receiving communion as
least once a year. This precept should be fulfilled during the Easter
Season (First Sunday of Lent to Trinity Sunday). Catholics are bound
to confess serious (mortal) sins at least once a year, but this
is not confined to the Lenten/Easter season.
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