N. B. A day of abstinence is that on which we are not allowed to eat flesh meat. All who have attained the age of reason, are obliged to observe the abstinence commanded by the Church.
In virtue of an Indult to the United States, dated March 15th, 1895, our Bishops are authorized, for ten years, to permit, on abstinence or fasting days, the use of flesh meat to workmen — and their families — whose circumstances would make it difficult for them to observe the law of the Church. — Workmen who might be otherwise bound to fast, are allowed, on fasting days, to take meat only once a day. — The above dispensation does not extend to the following days: any Friday in the year, Ash-Wednesday, all the days of Holy Week, and the eve of Christmas.
