Bishop Daniel E. Flores, of the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville, has decreed that on Friday, Catholics in the diocese are allowed to eat meat in honor of Saint Patrick’s Day.
Bishop Daniel E. Flores, of the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville, has decreed that on Friday, Catholics in the diocese are allowed to eat meat in honor of Saint Patrick’s Day.
Flores issued a decree on Monday that grants all Catholics in the Brownsville diocese a dispensation from abstinence from meat on Friday.
During the Lenten season, which started March 1 and runs through April 15, – for Western churches – Catholics are asked to abstain from eating meats on Friday as part of their Lenten journey.
Flores said that for many Catholics St. Patrick’s Day is a chance to celebrate “this extraordinary missionary whose example continues to inspire people today. In our diocese, as in the United States, we have been blessed by many generous priest and religious who left home and came to minister to our diocese.”
The bishop said those who do participate in the dispensation are encouraged to do penance, a work of charity, or an exercise of piety.
