tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335111237964709035.post231520308698098984..comments2023-06-27T07:43:31.024-04:00Comments on Wynken, Blynken, and Nod: Please Eat Meat This FridayNodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688990364338525470noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335111237964709035.post-71975348530377823992010-03-23T00:06:23.107-04:002010-03-23T00:06:23.107-04:00mherzog, trolls are not appreciated and will be de...mherzog, trolls are not appreciated and will be deleted.Nodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01688990364338525470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335111237964709035.post-26904005693219036872010-03-20T22:24:00.283-04:002010-03-20T22:24:00.283-04:00I said it was our priest's encouragement to pl...I said it was our priest's encouragement to please eat meat, not the Church's. The Church said to celebrate.<br /><br />The point was to not purposefully fast, not that you <b>had</b> to eat meat.<br /><br />I know I did in celebration. With gusto!Nodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01688990364338525470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335111237964709035.post-34181439810719539742010-03-20T11:19:13.911-04:002010-03-20T11:19:13.911-04:00Certainly we should observe the solemnity. But th...Certainly we should observe the solemnity. But the Church encourages us to observe the solemnity, it does not obligate us, and it does not encourage us to eat meat; that's your encouragement, not hers.<br /><br />If anyone ate meat yesterday IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, all the better for them. I actually did as well. But that is certainly not the only, nor even the preferred, way to celebrate the Solemnity.Jeff Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358252859602440454noreply@blogger.com