age exemption regarding lenten fasting requirements
2) Fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. 1  Fasting means having only one full meal to maintain one's strength. 2  Catholics from age 18 through age 59 are bound to fast. In Islam, people who fall under following categories are exempt from fasting in the month of Ramadan, even. • Mentally challenged: Those people who are mentally challenged are not required to fast during the month of Ramadan. 1 Everyone 14 years of age or older is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, all the Fridays of Lent and Good Friday. 2  Everyone 18 or older, and under 59 years of age, is bound to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. 3  On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, only one full meatless meal is allowed. The Church emphasizes the penitential nature of Ash Wednesday by calling us to fast and abstain from meat. Catholics who are over the age of 18 and under the age of 60 are required to fast, which means that they can eat only one complete meal and two smaller ones during the day, with no food in between. Before we answer this question regarding exemptions, we need to make clear the point that who are “required to fast”. In precise terms the requirements for fasting obligation are “adults (11-14 years of age, depends on onset of puberty), healthy individuals”. In the light of holy Quran: [2:184] Specific days (are designated for fasting); if one is ill or traveling, an equal number of other days may be substituted. 1) Abstinence on all the Fridays of Lent, and on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. 1  No meat may be eaten on days of abstinence. 2  Catholics 14 years and older are bound to abstain from meat. 3  Invalids, pregnant and nursing mothers are exempt. 1 Fasting means having only one full meal to maintain one's strength. 2  Two smaller, meatless and penitential meals are permitted according to one's needs, but they should not together equal the one full meal. 3  Eating solid foods between meals is not permitted. 4  Catholics from age 18 through age 59 are bound to fast. 1 On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, only one full meatless meal is allowed. 2  Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one’s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. 3  Eating between meals is not permitted. 2) Fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. 1  Fasting means having only one full meal to maintain one's strength. 2  Two smaller, meatless and penitential meals are permitted according to one's needs, but they should not together equal the one full meal. 3  Eating solid foods between meals is not permitted. For example, going to university is not a travel that can exempt you from fasting. However, if you have to travel far and the journey is difficult then you are eligible for this exemption. • Sickness: By Sickness I mean, that when you are suffering from some ailment; if you fast your ailment worsens.
18 or older, and under 59 years of age