catholic and I just ate meat ( ash wendsday) ?

I am not Catholic but I am very familiar with the Bible.For Jesus, as for all of God’s servants, asking a blessing on the food was a matter of course. (Deuteronomy 8:10; Matthew 6:11; 14:19; 15:36; Mark 6:41; 8:6; John 6:11, 23; Acts 27:35; Romans 14:6) Is there any reason to believe that in thus giving thanks, Jesus was also performing a miracle, causing his followers literally to consume his flesh and his blood?At any rate, Jesus could not have meant that his followers were literally to eat his flesh and drink his blood. Why not? After the Flood of Noah’s day, when God gave man permission to eat the flesh of animals, he directly forbade man to consume blood. (Genesis 9:3, 4) This command was repeated in the Mosaic Law, which Jesus obeyed fully. (Deuteronomy 12:23; 1 Peter 2:22) And the apostles were inspired by holy spirit to renew the command against consuming blood, making that law binding upon all Christians. (Acts 15:20, 29) Would Jesus institute an observance that would require his followers to violate a sacred decree of Almighty God? Impossible!Clearly, then, Jesus used the bread and wine as symbols. The unleavened bread meant, or represented, his sinless body that would be sacrificed. The red wine signified his blood that would be poured out “in behalf of many for forgiveness of sins.”—Matthew 26:28.

Catholics do not eat meat simply because it’s a tradition not because it’s biblical. If you celebrate good Friday you will notice that the day you are celebrating his death never falls on the same day therfore you are not celebrating it on the correct day. The bible does not say you cannot eat meat on that day nor drink wine, it was a symbolic ceremony. The wine identified his blood and the bread his body. I don’t know where the meat came from…

Nothing will ‘happen’ to you. If you feel bad about it, mention it at Confession and I’m sure your priest will give some aadvice and maybe a light penance.

As to why - many faiths all ov er the world have fasting, variously defined, as a regular part of their practices. Here in Cyprus, where it’s Greek Orthodox, there is a long Lenten fast (longer than in the Roman Catholic Church) and a 40-day Advent fast, as well as fasting every Friday (and Monday and Wednesday for the very devout)

(Monday because that is held to be the day of the angels. And they, being without physical bodies, never eat. Wednesdays because that is held to be the day on which Judas arranged to betray Jesus.)

What Roman Catholics and Orthodox mean by ‘fasting’ is not no food at all, but not eating certain foods - meat among them. (For Orthodox, a strict fast like the Lenten and Advent fasts involves also no dairy products, no fish or animal products, no olive oil and no wine).

The idea is not to do be ‘good to animals’ or anything, but to deliberately deprive yourself of something(s) that most people enjoy so that your spirit prepares itself for the coming big event (with Lent: the Crucifixion and then the Resurrection). The practice is far older than Thomas Aquainas, but he codified it for Roman Catholics.

People from other traditions may find all this odd. In fact it’s a good way of slowing down and examining your beliefs. Traditionally, one is supposed to use the money presumably saved by not buying meat, etc., for charity.

There’s nothing in the Bible that warns against eating meat today (in fact, Timothy 4:1-5 warns against it). It’s merely a tradition in some denominations to fast or give up something pleasurable during Lent, which starts today. Thomas Aquinas made a case for giving up meat and dairy specifically because they were the foods that provided the most pleasure, and the Church kind of ran with it.

I can undersand your worry about this. Does bible says to maintain ash wednesday.NO. it is a tradition and God has nothing to do with that. Show me one verse where bible says to keep Ash wednesday and not to eat meat .

lol nothing will happen to u.. im catholic too [well supposed to be] and I’ve always forgotten on a fri [which remember.. your not supposed to have meat fridays either til easter]

PLUS!! people.. catholics.. im sure have done worst things.. only its all in the down low!! so dont trip ull be fine.

Ohhh so Jesus sacrifices himself on a cross and you can’t even be bothered giving up meat for one day???

No, no I’m joking, joking.

I’m sure you’ll be fine.

To ‘pastor’ and others (presumably Protestant) out there:

It’s im portant to remember that one major difference between most Proteastant denominations and the Roman Catholic/Orthodox Chruches concerns the role of the bible.

To most Protestants it is natural to see the Bible as the supreme source of authority on religious questions.

Roman Catholic and the Orthodox churches hold a different view. While accepting the importance of the Bible they also place emphasis on the decisions of the various ecumenical councils (for the Orthodox, only the first 7 ones), on the teachings of the Church Fathers and, for Roman Catholics, on official pronouncements of the Pope(s).

This can explain why someone brought up as a Roman Catholic can worry about a specific Church teaching (like fasting on Ash Wednesday) even though it is not mentioned in the Bible. (Fasting, of course, is mentioned - Jews had and still have fasting practices, and Jesus was brought up as a Jew).

I’m simply presenting this as an bit of information, not arguing one way or the other.

Nothing will happen to you. It’s not like your going to burst into flames, or be sent to hell for forgetting and eating meat during lent.

There are Christian websites that explain and give verses why someone would want to be vegetarian. Does “dominion over the animals” require us to eat meat. Does “dominion” translate to “domination” or “stewardship”? I just find slaughtered and butchered animals unappetizing, so that’s my reason. Whether Jesus ate meat or not, I would still find it unappetizing.