tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post72323645702799086..comments2024-03-25T11:45:15.757+00:00Comments on The Saint Lawrence Press Blog: The Nativity of the LORDRubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-59439068189513124442018-12-29T16:22:00.828+00:002018-12-29T16:22:00.828+00:00@Marco,
The Vigil of the Nativity was, traditiona...@Marco,<br /><br />The Vigil of the Nativity was, traditionally, a day of fast and abstinence.<br /><br />The Eucharistic Fast was not affected by whether a particular day was one of fasting and abstinence and was from midnight so that the Eucharist was the first food of the day. So at Christmas (and All Souls) when the celebrant celebrated three Masses after the first and second ablutions were not taken but only after the third.Rubricariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-61776649375968632742018-12-26T15:23:08.669+00:002018-12-26T15:23:08.669+00:00Happy Christmas to all at the Saint Lawrence Press...Happy Christmas to all at the Saint Lawrence Press and continuing thanks for your work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-58638092016097800082018-12-25T22:08:49.165+00:002018-12-25T22:08:49.165+00:00" Ablutions are taken after the last Mass so ..." Ablutions are taken after the last Mass so as not to break the fast."<br /><br />How long would a priest be fasting then? The Vigil would count as a fast day, no?Marco da Vinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092410765851812842noreply@blogger.com