If I were to give something up for Advent being it meat, TV, Internet, or whatever. Do I still abstain on Sundays/Holy days of obligation (The Immaculate Conception)?
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Fasting for Advent??
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Yes. Days of "obligation" are obligated. 
Giving up things for Advent is a great idea. I usually don't abstain for things (other than sin -- or I try!!! ) during Advent as I do during Lent, but this year I feel led to do so.
We are all called to penance.
Giving up things for Advent is a great idea. I usually don't abstain for things (other than sin -- or I try!!!
) during Advent as I do during Lent, but this year I feel led to do so.We are all called to penance.
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Same thing with me. It seems like several people are feeling led to this year.Psalm40 said:Yes. Days of "obligation" are obligated.
Giving up things for Advent is a great idea. I usually don't abstain for things (other than sin -- or I try!!!
We are all called to penance.
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I remember way back in my Grandmother's time--when people actually fasted for Lent--Sundays were NEVER part of the fast. They were special days in honor of the Lord's Resurrection. Days that were NOT penance days. Days that were not full of gloom. Don't know about now or about the Advent fast, but I have a feeling that PaulS would have known.
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Sundays are never days of fast, since every Sunday is a little Easter. As for Advent, historically, it, like Lent, was a period of fasting and penance, but the Advent fast has fallen out of use. I'm not sure when. I do know that in the 1917 Code of Canon Law, there's no mention of fasting during Advent (other than the Ember Days). New Advent, however, mentions a custom in the US of fasting on Fridays during Advent.
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