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Can a priest give dispensation to eat meat on a day of fasting or abstinence?

April 26, 2017abstinence dispensation EAT fasting meat priest

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Can a priest give dispensation to eat meat on a day of fasting or abstinence?

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Not just any priest, but your own parish priest has the jurisdiction to dispense you. Dispensations should not be refused the faithful, except in grave necessity. The point of a dispensation is the self-denial of the will that a Christian must practice by approaching their spiritual father.