• Lenten house cleaning proceeds according to an age-old spiritual discipline of the Church: prayer, fasting and almsgiving. (freerepublic.com)
  • The Lenten practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving not only help people orient their lives toward God. (catholicvoiceomaha.com)
  • The Lenten journey is looked at through the lens of the traditional disciplines of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. (catholicvoiceomaha.com)
  • Lenten purification practices- fasting, works of mercy, almsgiving, prayer-prepare us to receive the Body and Blood of Christ, who gave himself on the cross so we might live with him in Paradise. (catholiclane.com)
  • Just because your Lenten sacrifice isn't binding on Sundays doesn't mean that you have to go out of your way on Sundays to indulge in whatever you gave up for Lent. (fastingtalk.net)
  • There are two main ways that Catholics use to focus on growing closer to God during the Lenten season: abstinence and fasting. (holynameradio.org)
  • The Church understands that certain people are not able to commit to the Lenten fast. (holynameradio.org)
  • Are you fasting this Lenten season? (jamiesrabbits.com)
  • Researchers led by Gidey Yirga at Ethiopia's Mekelle University set out to see how the Lenten fast affected local hyenas . (fieldofscience.com)
  • Also of biblical origins are the Lenten customs of fasting and abstinence. (teachingcatholickids.com)
  • Obligatory abstinence on Ember Friday in Lent is included in the universal Lenten discipline, and abstinence on Ember Friday on Whitsuntide is not required, as all days of the Octave of Pentecost are Solemnities. (wikipedia.org)
  • She didn't succeed in her fast, but she did succeed in finding her true motives, and that's what a Lenten fast is all about. (northhavenchurch.net)
  • The Lenten fast isn't about winning. (northhavenchurch.net)
  • The Church says that Lent is a 40-day period of unity with "the mystery of Jesus in the desert. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • By sacrificing small things, as well as fasting, praying, and giving to charity, Catholics are invited to experience a period of prayer like the one Jesus experienced, and to prepare themselves to resist Satan's temptation, and fulfill the mission God has given the Church. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • During the Fridays of Lent, Roman Catholics are to abstain from meat, in union with the fasting of Jesus, and in memory of Christ's death on a Friday. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the "paschal fast" to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily his Resurrection. (catholicphilly.com)
  • Jesus fasted (Mt 4:2). (fathersofthechurch.com)
  • I don't know if Jesus did the Mormon, Catholic, or Muslim style fasting when he went into the desert for 40 days, but irrespective, I hope he had some Advil. (jennysmith.net)
  • Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made on Calvary. (holynameradio.org)
  • Let's go back at once to St John's, "Ladder of Divine Ascent", and note that in his 30 chapters (corresponding to the years of Jesus' earthly life), he describes how the evil that makes us dead in our sins and trespasses and afflicts us in body and soul with all kinds of maladies and infirmities, can be "driven out" only through the ascetic disciplines of prayer and fasting . (sthermanmpls.org)
  • The 40 days of Lent mimic Jesus' 40 days of fasting in the wilderness immediately after his baptism, and in them, we do many of the same things Jesus did- fast, pray, and wrestle with temptation. (northhavenchurch.net)
  • How Should Senior Citizens Observe Fasting and Abstinence during Lent? (catholic.com)
  • According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the guidelines for fasting and abstinence during Lent (Feb. 17 - Apr. (catholicphilly.com)
  • Particular days of abstinence during Lent are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. (holynameradio.org)
  • Most Catholics, even those who don't often go to Mass, know that Lent is a time for Friday Fish Fries and "giving something up. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • But many Catholics wonder what exactly the Church requires during Lent, and why. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • All Roman Catholics who are 18 but not yet 59 are required to both fast and abstain from meat on those days. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • This is often taken to mean that the most Catholics should eat on a day of fasting is one normal sized meal--with no meat--and two smaller snacks. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. (catholicphilly.com)
  • Why do Catholics have to fast? (fathersofthechurch.com)
  • And now, Sunday morning, the adults announced that breakfast would be delayed so that the Catholics could keep the Communion fast. (fathersofthechurch.com)
  • On two days in Lent, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, Catholics limit their eating to one full, meatless meal. (fathersofthechurch.com)
  • Why do Catholics fast? (fathersofthechurch.com)
  • Others, such as Roman Catholics, have severely reduced their fasting to having "one full meal" on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, and abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent (but only for those who are at least 14 years-old). (intellectualtakeout.org)
  • So fasting is now confined to a derisory two days of the year, and compulsory Friday abstinence has been replaced by a genteel and totally individualistic injunction to do some penitential act on a Friday-an injunction, incidentally, that most Catholics know nothing about. (intellectualtakeout.org)
  • Fasting for Catholics means eating just one full meal plus two smaller meals that can not equal a complete meal if added together. (jennysmith.net)
  • During Lent, Catholics are also encouraged to undertake some sort of personal penance or abstinence. (holynameradio.org)
  • For Catholics, fasting is the reduction of one's intake of food, while abstinence refers to refraining from something that is good, and not inherently sinful, such as meat. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to Paenitemini, the 1983 Code of Canon Law and the Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and where possible, throughout Holy Saturday, both abstinence and fasting are required of Catholics who are not exempted for various reasons. (wikipedia.org)
  • While some Eastern Catholics try to follow the stricter rules of their Orthodox counterparts, the actual canonical obligations of Eastern Catholics to fast and abstain are usually much more lenient than those of the Orthodox. (wikipedia.org)
  • Don't neglect this practice during Lent - in fact, do more than the minimum because it's good for the soul! (freerepublic.com)
  • It is the training of the will to renounce self for the good of another, and Lent gives us forty days to practice it more intensely. (freerepublic.com)
  • During Lent we begin our penitential practice, forty days in the desert, so to speak, to fast and pray and avoid temptation, to purify ourselves in preparation for the Resurrection of our Lord on Easter. (catholiclane.com)
  • His question comes to mind again as Lent begin, because fasting is the most distinguishing practice of the season. (fathersofthechurch.com)
  • However, the practice of fasting and abstinence has largely been abandoned or curtailed by most Christians. (intellectualtakeout.org)
  • It's not surprising that the practice of fasting has seen such a decline in modern times. (intellectualtakeout.org)
  • What's the best practice for this fasting routine and running? (skorarunning.com)
  • Intermittent fasting is an actual practice for many people as it offers many health benefits. (skorarunning.com)
  • I've long admired the Muslim practice of fasting for Ramadan and the catholic (lower-case here) practice of Lent. (jennysmith.net)
  • I'm going to practice Lent by fasting (2 days) and abstaining from "meat" (which really seems like indulging - I loved Fish on Fridays in elementary school) AND by going the extra mile to limit my fluff phone use for 40 days to 2 hours a day. (jennysmith.net)
  • An important note: These observances apply to the Western Christian traditions and are based on the Gregorian calendar, though the Eastern traditions use the Julian calendar and practice Great Lent, which starts on March 7 this year. (fastingtalk.net)
  • Forty days is short enough that we can choose a fast or a practice significant enough to disorder/reorder our habits. (northhavenchurch.net)
  • Abstinence does mean forgoing certain foods, like meat on Friday, but fasting itself is more about dietary restriction than controlled starvation. (catholiclane.com)
  • On all the Fridays of Lent we abstain from meat. (fathersofthechurch.com)
  • This includes fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday as well as abstaining from meat on Fridays. (skorarunning.com)
  • You fast for two days, only at the beginning and end, and on Fridays you abstain from eating meat, which doesn't include fish (sorry to inform you, Sebastian). (jennysmith.net)
  • Although often used interchangeably, fasting refers to the amount of food consumed, while abstinence describes the type of food denied, such as meat on Fridays. (teachingcatholickids.com)
  • Fasting from certain foods, specifically meat, during Lent provides an opportunity to reconsider how our choices impact our planet. (ekklesiaraleigh.org)
  • Lent comes before Easter, and is a preparation for that feast, which is one of the most important in the Church's life. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • As many of you know, Lent has traditionally been a 40-day period of preparation for Easter accompanied by fasting (going without food and drink) and abstinence (avoiding certain food and drink). (intellectualtakeout.org)
  • And, of course, the tradition of Easter eggs exists because it was the custom to abstain from eggs throughout Lent. (intellectualtakeout.org)
  • But perhaps John Henry Newman was on to something when he wrote, "None rejoice less in Easter than those who have not grieved in Lent. (intellectualtakeout.org)
  • Beginning with Ash Wednesday and for the 40 days and 40 nights prior to Easter, focus is on simple living, prayer, and fasting in order to grow closer to God. (skorarunning.com)
  • It was there that we learned something of the observance of Lent, that forty-day period of personal preparation leading to the celebration of Easter. (faithgateway.com)
  • Lent is different each year because it depends on the date of Easter, which can occur anytime between March 22 and April 25. (fastingtalk.net)
  • Derived from the word lencten, which is Anglo-Saxon for springtime, Lent is the 40-day season of preparation prior to Easter. (teachingcatholickids.com)
  • Eastern Christians observe two major times of fasting, the "Great Fast" before Easter, and "Phillip's Fast" before the Nativity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Lent is the 40 day period that begins with Ash Wednesday and ends with Easter Sunday. (northhavenchurch.net)
  • The point, really, is for the Fridays of Lent to be days of simplicity and even a bit of hunger- while seafood is allowed, a butter-soaked lobster probably misses that point. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • I have heard the Fridays of Lent referred to as "days of abstinence. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • On the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent, the Church commemorates St John Climacus. (sthermanmpls.org)
  • This inner unity between the Cross and the ascetic disciplines of prayer and fasting is given explicitly in the Church's liturgical texts for Great Lent. (sthermanmpls.org)
  • For example, from the first week of Great Lent: ""From the Tree of the Cross there grows for all the world the flower of abstinence [i.e. the disciplines of prayer and fasting]. (sthermanmpls.org)
  • Holy men and women throughout the ages in the Church have always known that fasting is necessary for a fruitful prayer life. (catholiclane.com)
  • Today is Ash Wednesday, which signals the beginning of Lent for many Christians. (intellectualtakeout.org)
  • So what did fasting during Lent used to look like for Christians? (intellectualtakeout.org)
  • Eastern Christians view fasting as one part of repentance and supporting a spiritual change of heart. (wikipedia.org)
  • As such, the disciplines of prayer, fasting and almsgiving are directed toward converting and renewing our inner powers: prayer enlightens the mind, fasting matures the emotions, and charity strengthens the will. (freerepublic.com)
  • So we're actually in the school of love, where those disciplines of prayer, fasting and almsgiving heal our relationships. (catholicvoiceomaha.com)
  • Do you see the close association, even the inner unity of the Cross, the "Ladder of Divine Ascent," and the ascetic disciplines of prayer and fasting that is already coming into view? (sthermanmpls.org)
  • Do you see now that the flowers are an image of the ascetic disciplines of prayer and fasting? (sthermanmpls.org)
  • The Catholic Church historically observes the disciplines of fasting and abstinence at various times each year. (wikipedia.org)
  • First and foremost, take time each of the forty days of Lent to pray and don't miss a day. (freerepublic.com)
  • Moses and Elijah fasted forty days before going into God's presence (Ex 34:28, 1 Kgs 19:8). (fathersofthechurch.com)
  • Lent is a special season, but God wants these forty days to have a lasting effect on our lives. (fathersofthechurch.com)
  • A time when many people choose to go without something, such as coffee or CNN, just as Christ fasted for forty days in the wilderness. (faithgateway.com)
  • However, of course, as in the Western churches, the recommendation is always to fast according to one's strength. (intellectualtakeout.org)
  • In 1966, Pope St. Paul VI said that the Church's "law of fasting allows only one full meal a day, but does not prohibit taking some food in the morning and evening. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • We hear many times in the Church's liturgical texts that the demons are driven out by the Cross, just as Christ says in this morning's Gospel that they are driven out through prayer and fasting. (sthermanmpls.org)
  • For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. (catholicphilly.com)
  • This universal season of fasting and penance is how we express contrition in the hope of restoring our relationship with God. (catholiclane.com)
  • The Church has the formula to achieve it: prayer, fasting and almsgiving - nothing is more salutary - or more challenging - for that program of inner conversion, but it is the formula that makes us whole. (freerepublic.com)
  • While reflecting on the Three Pillars of Lent -- prayer, fasting, and almsgiving - and how they look when viewed through the lens of the missions, one sees that they take on an "other-centered" perspective. (thebostonpilot.com)
  • Lent is the time to say no to the asphyxia of a prayer that soothes our conscience, of an almsgiving that leaves us self-satisfied, of a fasting that makes us feel good. (thebostonpilot.com)
  • The season of Lent emphasizes three things: prayer, fasting, almsgiving. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • The two required days of fasting during Lent are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence. (catholicphilly.com)
  • Lent lasts 40 days. (jennysmith.net)
  • On such days, those fasting may eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals, sufficient to maintain strength. (holynameradio.org)
  • Why is Lent 40 days? (teachingcatholickids.com)
  • They lived isolated for the 40 days of Lent. (teachingcatholickids.com)
  • Rules relating to fasting pertain to the quantity of food allowed on days of fasting, while those regulating abstinence refer to the quality or type of food. (wikipedia.org)
  • Louis Duchesne observed that Monday and Thursday were days of fasting among pious Jews. (wikipedia.org)
  • After failing to make it through the full 40 days, she told me it was the best fast she'd ever done precisely because she failed. (northhavenchurch.net)
  • To do so would be fasting, and that's forbidden on Sundays even during Lent. (fastingtalk.net)
  • And I've decided not to break the fast on Sundays. (jamiesrabbits.com)
  • When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. (catholicphilly.com)
  • But outside of the fasting seasons, hyenas are probably relieved to get back to the comfort of a pre-killed meal. (fieldofscience.com)
  • With plenty of hapless donkeys around, the hyenas weren't exactly facing hardship during Lent. (fieldofscience.com)
  • As a convert to the Catholic faith, I initially viewed Lent as a time of hardship and deprivation. (theleaven.org)
  • In Lent the Church extends the idea of fasting, beyond the minimal skipping of meals, to a more far-reaching program of self-denial. (fathersofthechurch.com)
  • Turns out that's a lot harder to do than you'd think - maybe it's the teasing with the two not-quite-a-meals or the fact that there's not several hours of church to distract you, but this Catholic fasting thing is a whole lot more difficult than Mormon fasting. (jennysmith.net)
  • It has been a few years - fourteen, now that I think about it - since we were in a church that celebrated Lent. (faithgateway.com)
  • In the Catholic Church, those ages 18 - 59 must fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday (Canon 97). (holynameradio.org)
  • The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church dictates fast periods throughout the year, the most prolonged of which is the eight-week Lent. (fieldofscience.com)
  • The Christian tradition of fasts and abstinence developed from Old Testament practices, and were an integral part of the early church community. (wikipedia.org)
  • Her recently released book, "Restore: A Guided Lent Journal for Prayer and Meditation," helps guide people to God's healing through daily meditations, questions for reflection, journaling space and prayers. (catholicvoiceomaha.com)
  • You have a new book out called "Restore: A Guided Lent Journal for Prayer and Meditation. (catholicvoiceomaha.com)
  • I am referring specifically to the words of the Savior: "This kind of [demonic evil] cannot be driven out except by prayer and fasting. (sthermanmpls.org)
  • In other words, through prayer and fasting, the death that makes our soul to be a spiritual desert is "driven out," it is destroyed because prayer and fasting are united to Christ's Cross, and when we accept the fast "with love," we are taking up our cross for Christ's sake and the Gospel's, and we are uniting ourselves to Christ in a death and a resurrection like His. (sthermanmpls.org)
  • It feels fitting to begin this Lent season with the stereotypical fast - food. (ekklesiaraleigh.org)
  • This Lent season,we can begin to uncover the hidden stories behind our food so that we can make more conscious and just choices. (ekklesiaraleigh.org)
  • This Lent season, as you change your food habits, let your cravings remind you of God's beloved children in our neighborhoods and globally that need food. (ekklesiaraleigh.org)
  • During this season of Lent, I challenge you to fast for others. (theleaven.org)
  • The discipline of fasting aims to reorder the disordered emotions and appetites of our inner life. (freerepublic.com)
  • Fasting is a spiritual feast. (fathersofthechurch.com)
  • Let us fast from hugging and handshaking And let us feast on bowing and waving. (worshipwords.co.uk)
  • Let us fast from hoarding food and toilet paper And let us feast on the food in the back of our pantries. (worshipwords.co.uk)
  • Let us fast from gathering physically And let us feast on communing virtually. (worshipwords.co.uk)
  • The fast period before Christmas is called Philip's Fast because it begins after the feast day of St. Philip. (wikipedia.org)
  • Q. In "Restore" you mention four phases of healing using themes traditionally associated with Lent. (catholicvoiceomaha.com)
  • Lent is all about the fast: afflicting our souls through sacrificial practices. (catholiclane.com)
  • It should stand to reason, then, that using an algorithm would remove the probability of such unfair practices occurring, and level the mortgage lending playing field. (forbes.com)
  • Lent is the time to say no to the asphyxia born of relationships that exclude, that try to find God while avoiding the wounds of Christ present in the wounds of his brothers and sisters: in a word, all those forms of spirituality that reduce the faith to a ghetto culture, a culture of exclusion. (thebostonpilot.com)
  • As I said, it has been some time since Lent was on my radar, and it caught me a little off guard when in our staff meeting yesterday Morgan said, "Why don't we ask Christ what He'd have us give up for Lent. (faithgateway.com)
  • The time of Lent, through fasting and abstaining, may be an important reminder of what it means to suffer. (holynameradio.org)
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  • Maybe this Lent we can spend some time praying through where food is taking up too much room in our lives, and ask God to empty us so that Christ can fill us up again. (ekklesiaraleigh.org)
  • Lent began as a time of preparation for the covenant of baptism. (christiancentury.org)
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  • And fasting refers to going without something, especially something on which we've become dependent, something we think we can't live without, or something that distracts us from God. (catholicnewsagency.com)
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  • Lots of people give up sweet treats for Lent, like sugary drinks, chocolate or ice cream. (fastingtalk.net)
  • During Lent, when we "give up" things, it ought to be for the right reasons. (fastingtalk.net)
  • What should I give up for Lent? (jamiesrabbits.com)
  • What do you think you should give up for Lent? (jamiesrabbits.com)
  • So I think I should give up something more difficult than soda for Lent - like TV. (jamiesrabbits.com)
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  • We need gentle guides who can help us translate our experiences into explanations more compassionate and true than the ones we give ourselves: We didn't fail a sugar fast because we are weak. (northhavenchurch.net)
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  • If you run in the morning, I'd do it fasted without food and then have a snack afterwards. (skorarunning.com)
  • We fast (for us it's going without food for 24 hours, or skipping two meals and giving the money we would have spent on food to the poor) on the first Sunday of each month. (jennysmith.net)
  • But as I enter Lent, I'm interested in redeeming my view of fasting into what it is intended to be, and for me, that needs to start with food. (ekklesiaraleigh.org)
  • When we change our food patterns during a fast, we intend to reorient our thinking around food's role in our lives. (ekklesiaraleigh.org)
  • There are two main messages I am reflecting on in anticipation of our week of food related fasts. (ekklesiaraleigh.org)
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  • The classical source for the fasting rules is a letter that Pope Gregory the Great wrote to St. Augustine of Canterbury in 604. (intellectualtakeout.org)
  • The Catholic Group of Bishops With a an Important-Sounding Title I Can't Remember has eased up on its rules for Lent in the past thirty years or so, I understand. (jennysmith.net)
  • At that age, a person is automatically excused from the requirement to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, but, if health permits, may participate in the fast should he choose to do so. (catholic.com)
  • Those who wish for a more intense fast are not prohibited from more fasting, but this is generally a good idea to discuss with a spiritual director, confessor, or pastor. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • At least, Lent is a good start. (catholiclane.com)
  • Fasting is a good way to start. (fathersofthechurch.com)
  • According to Canon Law, anyone between the ages of 18-59 in good health are required to fast. (skorarunning.com)
  • You also should probably not do a hard workout the day of a fast, as you may not have the fueling to have a good workout or recover well from it the rest of the day. (skorarunning.com)
  • Now the rule is that you fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday (it's required to be a good catholic, with some exceptions allowed for children, the elderly, and health needs). (jennysmith.net)
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  • Plus, as St. John Chrysostom (349-407) reminds, "True fasting is to put away all evil, to control the tongue, to forbear from anger, to abstain from lust, slander, falsehood and perjury. (intellectualtakeout.org)
  • You are not required by canon law to fast- though you are still bound by the law of abstinence. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Our fasting should sting a little so that we remember the real purpose of it: to move ourselves closer to God, and through that relationship, God's people. (thebostonpilot.com)
  • For most people not accustomed to fasting, I would recommend a number of considerations. (skorarunning.com)
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  • However, I expect that fewer people will be reading it over Lent, since the bulk of my traffic comes from Facebook and Twitter. (arthurremillard.com)
  • Some people choose something to fast from in order to remind themselves of their dependence on God and to expose idols. (northhavenchurch.net)
  • May our "other-centered" prayers and fasting become a habit, reminding us to help heal the wounds of our brothers and sisters in the missions, during Lent and beyond. (thebostonpilot.com)
  • If we choose to observe a fast during Lent, we are encouraged to make the guidelines serve our spiritual needs rather than forcing ourselves to conform to an ancient tradition. (northhavenchurch.net)
  • During the Lent fast, you must simply find what works best for you. (skorarunning.com)
  • Jamie, you have no idea how much it helped me to find out that you were fasting TV too. (jamiesrabbits.com)
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  • It's possible that by fasting in the midst of a society that is constantly and carelessly pushing us to over-consume, we find the space needed to see God and faith from an altogether new vantage point. (northhavenchurch.net)
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  • If we are to imitate Christ and offer a fast that is pleasing to God, then we must do what Christ commanded us to do - we must love and serve others. (theleaven.org)
  • And the hyenas' diet had significantly changed during Lent. (fieldofscience.com)
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  • No one says that fasting is easy. (fathersofthechurch.com)
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  • An easy way into the "Fail fast, fail forward" thinking is to start by defining failure. (lu.se)
  • Fasting is something spiritual and far more positive. (fathersofthechurch.com)
  • Bodily fasting is meaningless unless it is joined with a spiritual avoidance of sin. (wikipedia.org)
  • Right now, on social media, there's a list of things to fast from that is attributed to Pope Francis. (thebostonpilot.com)
  • Fasting helps us to be detached from the things of this world. (fathersofthechurch.com)