As well as having decided to reinstate the practice of abstaining from eating meat on Friday to fulfill the obligation of Friday Penance, our Bishops have also discussed the restoration of two of the three Holy Days of Obligation which were transferred to Sundays in 2006.
Hooray!
The two Holy Days in question are the Feast of the Epiphany and the Feast of the Ascension
Admittedly, they're going to spend 6 months thinking about it but it's a step in the right direction. Let's hope we get our Holy Days back on the 'right' days after the next plenary meeting of the Bishops in November.
It felt very odd to have celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany before 'Twelfth Night' this year!
Funnily enough we'll be in Brugges on 2nd June (Ascension Day, proper :-) ) this year visiting friends and family so we may well end up celebrating the feast twice; once on Thursday and then again on the following Sunday in England.
Anna Arco has an interesting article on this subject on the Catholic Herald's website here if you'd like to read more.
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Restore the Holy Days to their proper place Your Lordships.
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