And why do Catholics eat fish?
We asked these young adults.For a deeper explanation of why Catholics don't eat meat on Fridays during Lent, check out this Aleteia article.
Video Transcript
Anna: I should know this because I had a lot of mac and cheese and fish sticks on Fridays growing up.
Brian: All I know is on Friday I'm eating tuna. Or pizza.
Sean: Cheese pizza.
Brian: Yeah, that's the classic.
Durrell: Alright, so what from what my understanding was. Back in the day, day, way back...
Tara: It's something that I always did. I guess I never questioned it.
Durrell: See that's confusing me though, because fish is meat. I never got that.
Armando: Fish is fish.
Durrell: No, fish is meat. It bleeds just like meat.
Armando: That's like the water, is water wet?
Lea: In my opinion it's because we need to give up something as a church, so we give up something. And we can all give up meat.
Maria: Because meat can be seen as an expensive object.Durrell: Water's wet in relativity to us. But to a fish, it's not going to be wet because they live in it. But to us, it's wet because of relativity.
Armando: What does it have to do with meat, then?Anna: I always thought it was part of the fasting and abstinence deal. I don't really know a deeper meaning behind it.
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Brian: My mother is going to be so disappointed in me.
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Durrell: Why?
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Lester: Sacrificial perhaps. Does it have to with...
Coty: Okay, okay.
Lester: Okay, we're on to something, okay.
Coty: Okay, so...Lester: Okay, hold on.
Coty: Does it have to do with like ... well if it's sacrifice.Lester: Sacrifice, something to do with the cross then.
Coty: Does it have to do with Jesus' body or something?
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Coty: Because on Good Friday, Jesus gave up his flesh when He died on the cross.Yay finally, yes.
Lester: Give me some.
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Coty: Good job. Is fish not flesh meat?
Armando: Okay.
Durrell: Flesh meat.
Armando: Flesh meat.
Durrell: Oh, that's the adjective. Flesh meat.
Armando: Flesh meat.
Durrell: Okay, all right.
Armando: So fish don't have flesh?
Durrell: You cut it.
