{"id":30121,"date":"2025-03-28T01:05:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T01:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=30121"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:23:31","slug":"is-lent-a-holy-day-of-obligation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/is-lent-a-holy-day-of-obligation\/","title":{"rendered":"Is de Veertigdagentijd een verplichte feestdag? Nee, het is een tijd van boetedoening"},"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 rather than 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 the Church requires in Lent is short: meat given up on certain days, two days of fasting, and Mass on Sundays\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\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/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":18598,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/lent-observed-reasons\/","url_meta":{"origin":30121,"position":0},"title":"Do Protestants Celebrate Lent? Anglicans, Lutherans and Methodists Do","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"januari 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many do. 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