1. Abstinence means refraining from eating the meat from mammals or fowl, and soup or gravy made from them. This does not apply to dairy products, eggs, or condiments and shortening made from animal fat.
2. Fasting is the taking of only one full meal and two smaller, meatless meals that don’t equal the large one meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids are allowed, including milk and fruit juices. Fish and all cold-blooded animals may be eaten (e.g., frogs, clams, turtles, etc.).
3. Fasting and abstinence are obligatory on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday under the pain of mortal sin. Traditionally it is highly recommended to extend the fasting and abstinence on all Fridays of Lent, but this is now optional.
4. Abstinence is obligatory on all Fridays of Lent and is recommended on all Fridays throughout the year, with the exception of First Class Feasts on Fridays.
5. The law of abstinence binds all Catholics, beginning on the day after their 14th birthday. The law of fasting binds all adults (beginning on their 18th birthday) until the midnight which completes their 59th birthday.
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