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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

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9. If you were going to midnight mass and getting communion you had to fast.

Thu Dec 31, 2020, 09:31 AM

Dec 2020

Christmas Eve was a sacred evening.
But our Irish Catholic family did not fast on Christmas Eve, we went to Mass on Christmas Day.

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☦ Orthodox Christianity: St. John 14:27 KJV [View all] sprinkleeninow Dec 2020 OP

Thank you for posting. It's lovely. I needed this. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #1

I been wailing lots lately. sprinkleeninow Dec 2020 #2

Oplatki! AleksS Dec 2020 #5

Yes it sounds like a great tradition. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #7

As I recall, in RC tradition, Christmas Eve was a day of fast and abstinence. No Vested Interest Dec 2020 #8

I missed seeing your post. sprinkleeninow Jan 2021 #12

Beautiful and sweet traditions to have and to remember. No Vested Interest Jan 2021 #13