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[quote=Anonymous]I've followed it since I was a kid (being raised Catholic) but I've finally tried to dig into the meaning. As I understand it, the idea to refrain from meat (but not fish) is that lent is a time of reflection and asceticism. That makes sense -- the small sacrifices make you reflect, and I agree with that. But why abstain from chicken, pork, and beef, but not fish? As I understand it, when these rules were made a long time ago and certainly not here in the US, fish was a daily staple food and meat was a luxury. So it makes sense they'd refrain from meat. But here in the US, it's the opposite -- meat is a staple food, and fish is a luxury. Shouldn't we here in the US abstain from fish on Fridays instead?[/quote]
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