Yes, you can eat meat the day after Ash Wednesday in normal circumstances.

Quick Scoop

  • Ash Wednesday itself : Catholics (Latin rite) are required to fast and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday.
  • Day after Ash Wednesday (Thursday) : This is not a required day of abstinence in current Catholic law, so eating meat is allowed unless your local bishop or your personal Lenten promise says otherwise.
  • Standard Lenten rule : After Ash Wednesday, the days when Catholics must avoid meat are:
    • All Fridays of Lent.
* **Good Friday** , which is also a fast day.

So if your question is literally “can I eat meat the day after Ash Wednesday?” the ordinary Catholic answer is: yes, you may , as long as it’s not a Friday and you haven’t personally chosen to give up meat every day.

If you’re ever unsure, the safest move is to check the guidelines from your local bishops’ conference or ask a priest, because particular countries or parishes sometimes add their own pastoral recommendations.

TL;DR : Obligatory no-meat days are Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all Fridays in Lent— not the Thursday right after Ash Wednesday.

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