tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post1777221708823350290..comments2023-10-21T05:40:55.660-04:00Comments on man with black hat: Where Have You Gone, Quasimodo?David L Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13871706129906941567noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post-26228588119964736172011-05-02T22:36:08.803-04:002011-05-02T22:36:08.803-04:00You might be right. I may be thinking of the Byzan...You might be right. I may be thinking of the Byzantine Rite, where "Bright Friday" is not a day of abstinence. It shouldn't be for anybody anyway. Only in the Roman Rite do we spend more of the year in a penitential mode than a celebratory one, it seems to me.David L Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871706129906941567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post-20554933622956682902011-05-02T21:54:36.603-04:002011-05-02T21:54:36.603-04:00in the old order easter friday was a day of abstne...in the old order easter friday was a day of abstnence.EVERY FRIDAY WAS with the exception of holydays and the great festval of st.Patrick which might have had an octavefranklyn mcafeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12681016223089954044noreply@blogger.com