They can be a vehicle for creativity and expression. They can also be a way of changing your life, and even the world. Movies mean a lot of things to a lot of people. They can be a means of entertainment or escape. They can be a vehicle for creativity and expression. They can also be a way of changing your life, and even the world. To director and recent Honorary Oscar winner Spike Lee, movies mean all of these things and more. He sat down with Academy Originals to talk about the impact films have had on his life as both a viewer and as an artist.
Confidence votes 34. Catholics can eat anything they want on Fridays during Lent, so long as it is not flesh meat. Fish and seafood are allowed, thus many Catholics mark the season by seeking out and choosing to eat fish on Fridays as an observance of this rule during Lent. Eating fish is not required on Fridays during Lent, rather it is simply a deep-seated tradition in Catholic culture.
Fasting and Abstinence for Catholics in the U.S. During Lent, Catholics in the United States abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and on all the Fridays of Lent. They fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. To abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent means to not eat meat on those days. It does not intend the omission of eggs or dairy products. The required fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday involves eating only one full meal on those days. One or two smaller meals may be taken on those days, but may not total one full meal. The required fast does not allow eating anything between meals. All Catholics who have completed their fourteenth year are bound by the law of abstinence; all adults are bound by the law of fast up to the beginning of their sixtieth year.