• Everyone 14 years of age or older is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday (Feb. 6, 2008) and all the Fridays of Lent.

• Everyone 18 years of age and under 59 years of age is bound to fast on Ash Wednesday (Feb. 6, 2008) and Good Friday (March 21, 2008).

• On these two days of fast and abstinence, only one full meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one’s needs, but together they should not equal one full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids (including milk and fruit juices) are allowed. When health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law does not oblige.

To disregard completely the law of fast and abstinence is a serious matter.