Jubilee Fast

[truthfinder]

I came across this term and was wondering if anyone knew what is was and what it consisted of? I initially thought that it was limited to Protestantism, but it was obviously being discussed in Ireland in 1879 (see http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/22nd-march-1879/14/the-jubilee-fast).  

 

[Gabriela]

I'm working on this. It seems like a type of break from a Black Fast.

 

Black Fast: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02590c.htm

 

Jubilee Fast mentioned in a Q&A entry: Search Google Books for "The Irish Ecclesiastical Record" and then search within that book (green cover) for "Jubilee fast", with the quotation marks. Click on the page that has "Jubilee Fast" as a header, and read the entry.

 

YO, PHATMASSERS!!! WE NEED SOME IRISH UP IN HERE!!!

[Gabriela]

Ok, I think it's related to the Jubilee Indulgence. Though I see no mention of Lent in there. Maybe it was an Irish custom to put the Jubilee Fast in Lent?

 

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08531c.htm

 

 

[truthfinder]

Thanks Curiousing! I'll take a look at the links in a bit and continue in sleuthing

[truthfinder]

Hmm, yes.  In the article I had posted, (which doesn't seem to work for me now), the writer was concerned about not doing a Jubilee fast during Fridays of Lent.  It seems that at the time he was writing, some of the Friday penance had been commuted, but still in force on Lenten Fridays.  Seems like he was concerned about 'doubling' up these fasts together, which the editors also seemed to say was not possible. The book you linked definitely seems to link this as a practice of a Jubilee Year.