Friday sacrifice

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Crucifixion of Christ. Missal of Bishop Hugo von Hohenlandenberg from Constance

With Friday victim in is the Roman Catholic Church all forms designated by a special way of life on this day of the sufferings and death of Jesus Christ to remember and thus a victim to bring.

Catholic canon law stipulates in canons 1250–1253 of the CIC that all Fridays that do not fall on a solemn festival are considered days of penance for the faithful. This generally means abstinence from meat dishes, whereby it is left to the individual bishops' conferences to determine additional or different regulations.

For Germany, the Bishops' Conference in 1996 determined:

“The Friday sacrifice can take various forms: renouncing meat dishes, which are still sensible and appropriate, noticeable restrictions in consumption, especially when it comes to luxury foods, services and assistance for the neighbor. What saved through the Friday sacrifice should be shared with people in need. Another noticeable restriction in consumer behavior is also conceivable. The testimony of the common Friday sacrifice also has its special value. Church houses, religious orders and spiritual associations can give an example here. The meaning of the Friday sacrifice also corresponds: prayer and other piety exercises, a real restriction and the service of one's neighbor. "

The Austrian Bishops' Conference determines:

“The type of sacrifice is left to the free decision of the individual Christian. It can be a work of charity or a renunciation. In addition to the previously practiced abstinence from meat dishes, individual believers, but also Christian families and groups, can and should seek and practice new forms of personal 'Friday sacrifices': B. identify specific needs and help resolve them; limit yourself in the consumption of tobacco and alcohol; support the work of Caritas, for example through the 'Friday shilling'; taking time for other people and the like. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Days of repentance and penance times for the whole Church are all Fridays of the whole year and the Easter penance period. CIC can. 1250
  2. ↑ Particular norm No. 16 of the German Bishops' Conference on cc. 1251, 1253 CIC penal order ( Memento from March 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 8 kB) Website of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
  3. ↑ in: “Christliche Lebensordnung” from 1986, p. 30, quoted from: Münsterischer Commentary on Codex Iuris Canonici, Ludgerus-Verlag Münster, 25. Erg.-Lfg. April 1996, 1251/1 Reinhardt on Can 1251