Author Topic: Today is Friday so does that also mean "no alcohol"? (Read 1471 times)

Änσnymσus · « **on:** April 25, 2014, 11:58:10 AM »

I am going out to dinner tonight (seafood restaurant) but I need you guys and gals to help me out. Is it okay to have alcohol? Or would that be breaking the Friday abstinence?

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #1 on:** April 25, 2014, 12:18:02 PM »

Friday abstinence only means you have to refrain from eating meat. Alcohol has nothing to do with it.

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #2 on:** April 25, 2014, 12:23:01 PM »

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Friday abstinence only means you have to refrain from eating meat. Alcohol has nothing to do with it.

Muchos gratias!

Matthew · « **Reply #3 on:** April 25, 2014, 12:37:52 PM »

On fast days, however, alcohol does break the fast.

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #4 on:** April 25, 2014, 03:18:01 PM »

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On fast days, however, alcohol does break the fast.

Correct. But Friday of Easter Week is not a fast day. I wonder if one is even bound to abstinence on Friday or Easter Week?

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2014, 03:44:04 PM »

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AlligatorDicax · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2014, 04:01:13 PM »

I looked up the issue as Lent 2014 approached, and found a more welcome answer. According to The Catholic Encyclopedia article "Fast":

Quote from: James David O'Neill (1909)

Strictly speaking, whatever may be classified under the head of liquids may be taken as drink or medicine at any time of the day or night on fasting days. Hence, water, lemonade, soda, water, ginger ale, wine, beer and similar drinks may be taken on fasting days outside meal time even though such beverages may, to some extent, prove nutritious. Coffee, tea, diluted chocolate, electuaries made of sugar, juniper berries, and citron may be taken on fasting days, outside meal time, as medicine by those who find them conducive to health.

Honey, milk, soup, broth, oil or anything else having the nature of food, is not allowed under either of the two categories already specified.

Perhaps our indispensable former seminarian was thinking of the severe Black Fast", described by the cited author a century ago (1907)?

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Änσnymσus · « **Reply #7 on:** April 25, 2014, 05:59:06 PM »

Ive never heard that alcohol breaks one's fast. The monks invented beer and drank it during the year, most of which was spent fasting. I read that Lent used to be one meal per day (in the morning, i.e. "break fast"), but when the afternoon came, the monks drank wine, but some monk's health was affected by drinking alcohol on an empty stomach, so the tradition started to have a small piece of bread with wine, and that was the first time a second "meal" was allowed during a fast / Lent.

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #8 on:** April 25, 2014, 06:03:35 PM »

Quote from: James David O'Neill (1909)

Strictly speaking, whatever may be classified under the head of liquids may be taken as drink or medicine at any time of the day or night on fasting days. Hence, water, lemonade, soda, water, ginger ale, wine, beer and similar drinks may be taken on fasting days outside meal time even though such beverages may, to some extent, prove nutritious. Coffee, tea, diluted chocolate, electuaries made of sugar, juniper berries, and citron may be taken on fasting days, outside meal time, as medicine by those who find them conducive to health.

Honey, milk, soup, broth, oil or anything else having the nature of food, is not allowed under either of the two categories already specified.

This is what I thought, that liquids, including beer and wine do not break the fast.

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