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In response to "Do non-Catholics observe Good Friday?" by musubi

IME, the average Catholic doesn't observe Good Friday in a going to Church way, just in a fasting way.

Posted by ty97 Mar 1 '10, 09:18

not unlike Ash Wednesday (though some people go to to Mass on Ash Wednesday as well, neither it nor Good Friday are required)

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just because a lot of people *don't* go, doesn't mean they're not required... -- (link) - znufrii Mar 1, 09:20 6
- If you read the GF description, you'll see that Mass is not required. -- nm - loosilu Mar 1, 09:23
- Good Friday is not a Holy Day of Obligation. Read your link. -- nm - ty97 Mar 1, 09:23 4
  - you're right, I'm a bad Catholic... - znufrii Mar 1, 09:23 3
    - Sometimes it seems as though there's no such thing as a good catholic ... - Beryllium Mar 1, 09:24 2
      - If you think you're a good Catholic, you weren't paying attention to what you were taught. -- nm - loosilu Mar 1, 09:26
      - correct, they're all born with the original sin over them -- nm - zork Mar 1, 09:25
Well, for Ash Wednesday, they do that creepy mark-on-the-forehead-thing. - musubi Mar 1, 09:20 1
- It may vary by Church, but IME, there's normally a special service around 3pm (which is the time that is observed as Christ's death) - ty97 Mar 1, 09:22
they can't in a going to church way because there are no masses that day. - loosilu Mar 1, 09:20 2
- There are Good Friday events at Church that day though -- nm - ty97 Mar 1, 09:21 1
  - that's sort of what I'm saying. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 1, 09:22

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