Confession

[eperez874]

what a traditional priest told me thta it is not a sin in this case because you forgot but it does not mean you will forget every day. but if it only happened accidentaly with really not knowing and your intension was not to forget that it was fryday then it is not a sin

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='kateri05' post='1239690' date='Apr 12 2007, 02:43 AM']just wondering, i know that USCCB has said it can be replaced with an alternate form of penance on non-Lenten fridays but, just wanted to make sure that its non-neogitable during Lent right?[/quote]

yep

[XIX]

[quote name='St. Benedict' post='1237755' date='Apr 10 2007, 01:47 PM']Yes as stated in Canon Law. Too bad that many Catholics don't know this! [/quote]
No lie! I always thought that fasting on all Fridays was not required, just strongly encouraged.

[adt6247]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1237801' date='Apr 10 2007, 02:11 PM']Sin requires intention, so it can hardly be a "grave" sin, now can it?[/quote]
Mortal sin requires intention. Grave describes the matter of the sin. A mortal sin must be grave, but a sin involving grave matter is not necessarily mortal.

Mortal sin specifically requires grave matter, knowledge, intent, and freedom from coercion.

The grave matter, in the case of refusing to abstain from meat on Friday, comes from disobedience to canon law. This is a canonical discipline, not an absolute moral law of the church. The pope could abrogate the specific canon tomorrow, and thus remove the penalty of all sin from it.

[cmotherofpirl]

[quote name='adt6247' post='1371783' date='Aug 27 2007, 05:38 PM']Mortal sin requires intention. Grave describes the matter of the sin. A mortal sin must be grave, but a sin involving grave matter is not necessarily mortal.

Mortal sin specifically requires grave matter, knowledge, intent, and freedom from coercion.

The grave matter, in the case of refusing to abstain from meat on Friday, comes from disobedience to canon law. This is a canonical discipline, not an absolute moral law of the church. The pope could abrogate the specific canon tomorrow, and thus remove the penalty of all sin from it.[/quote]

Yes it is a discipline, not a doctrine.

[brendan1104]

Though not a doctrine, it's still important to practice/observe.