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Dietary Requirements	Ken	Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Question: Are we as Catholics required to follow any dietary traditions or requirements. I asked one of my RCIA instructors once and he was pretty vague?
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Ken: The dietary requirements of the Old Testament are no longer in force. Your RCIA instructor should not be a RCIA instructor if he doesn't know this. God gave St. Peter a vision, reported in Acts 10:10-16: 10 And he became hungry and desired something to eat; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance 11 and saw the heaven opened, and something descending, like a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth. 12 In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat." 14 But Peter said, "No, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean." 15 And the voice came to him again a second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call common." 16 This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven. With this the dietary regulations of the Old Testament came to an end. The only regulations now are the fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday and abstaining from meat on Fridays. God bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum

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Dietary Requirements

Ken

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

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Are we as Catholics required to follow any dietary traditions or requirements. I asked one of my RCIA instructors once and he was pretty vague?

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Ken:

The dietary requirements of the Old Testament are no longer in force. Your RCIA instructor should not be a RCIA instructor if he doesn't know this.

God gave St. Peter a vision, reported in Acts 10:10-16:

10 And he became hungry and desired something to eat; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance 11 and saw the heaven opened, and something descending, like a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth. 12 In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat." 14 But Peter said, "No, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean." 15 And the voice came to him again a second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call common." 16 This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.

With this the dietary regulations of the Old Testament came to an end.

The only regulations now are the fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday and abstaining from meat on Fridays.

God bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

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