{"id":30121,"date":"2025-03-28T01:05:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T01:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=30121"},"modified":"2026-09-23T07:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T07:38:16","slug":"is-lent-a-holy-day-of-obligation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/is-lent-a-holy-day-of-obligation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u56db\u65ec\u7bc0\u306f\u5b88\u308b\u3079\u304d\u8056\u306a\u308b\u65e5\u304b\uff1f\u3044\u3044\u3048\u3001\u305d\u308c\u306f\u6094\u3044\u6539\u3081\u306e\u671f\u9593\u3067\u3059"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No. Lent is a season of about six weeks, not a single day, and Catholic law does not require Mass on its weekdays. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are not holy days of obligation either; they are days of fasting and abstinence. Every Sunday in Lent is still a day of obligation, as Sundays are all year. What are the holy days of obligation? They are set by canon 1246 of the Code of Canon Law. It calls Sunday &quot;the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. Lent is a season, and neither Ash Wednesday nor Good Friday is a holy day of obligation. They are days of fasting, and Sunday Mass is still required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[329],"class_list":["post-30121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-easter-in-christianity"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3947,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/catholic-vs-christian\/","url_meta":{"origin":30121,"position":0},"title":"Catholic vs Christian: Catholics Are Christians Who Differ From Protestants","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"5\u6708 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Catholics are Christians. \"Catholic vs Christian\" usually means Catholic vs Protestant: they differ on authority, sacraments, Mary, salvation and the Bible.","rel":"","context":"Christian History","block_context":{"text":"Christian History","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pentecost, in the style of Jacques-Louis David","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pentecost-jacques-louis-david-fbb1c7de.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pentecost-jacques-louis-david-fbb1c7de.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pentecost-jacques-louis-david-fbb1c7de.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pentecost-jacques-louis-david-fbb1c7de.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30120,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/catholic-easter-celebrations\/","url_meta":{"origin":30121,"position":1},"title":"Do Catholics Celebrate Easter? 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