Do many remember when observance of the Lenten Fast was much stricter than it is now.All that was allowed to be eaten was one main meal and two collations.

"For Roman Catholics, fasting is the reduction of one's intake of food to one full meal (which may not contain meat during Fridays in Lent) and two small meals (known liturgically as collations, taken in the morning and the evening), both of which together should not equal the large meal. Eating solid food between meals is not permitted. Fasting is required of the faithful between the ages of 18 and 59 on specified days. Complete abstinence, required of those 14 and older, is the avoidance of meat for the entire day. Partial abstinence prescribes that meat be taken only once during the course of the day."

Good Friday when I was young was known as Black Friday. How things have changed with shops open, dances being held and in some instances even certain pubs open today!