re: What is meaning behind no meat Fridays during Lent?

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There is something very organic and bodily about this practice that affects people in emotional and spiritual ways that can’t be easily explained.


By switching from steak to fish on Fridays?

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Answering the OP, people are missing the point of Lent entirely.

Lent is a time of preparation. As Jesus prepared himself in the desert for 40 days, Lent is a time for Christians to prepare ourselves. How can we be better Christians? How can we connect more with the sacrifice of Jesus.

One of the biggest answers is to mentally prepare ourselves with the analogy of the desert (give up things that we covet to help center and focus on our spiritual relationship). Food. Technology. Alcohol. Caffeine. Other vices.

Lent is also 47 days. I've always wondered why Christians throw around "40 days of Lent" so casually. For anyone who has sacrificed a lot, we can probably count the hours.

And for the record...you don't have to be Christian to understand the concept of cutting out significant parts of our daily lives to help refocus on what is important in this life.
New Years is a time for rebirth and commitments to self improvement. Lent and the Easter season is much the same but with a 47 day focus on how to improve. There is something satisfying about being disciplined. There is something satisfying about eliminating a lot of the unnecessary noise in life... even if it is for over a month and a half.