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Lent refers to the 40 day period that leads up to Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday. Corresponding to Jesus’ 40 day fast (Matthew 4), this season was firmly established in the early church by the fourth century to be an intentional season of fasting and renewal.
Fasting: Fasting is an integral part of Lent. Traditionally it has included reducing the amount of food we eat and abstaining from meat. We fast to allow our physical hunger to remind us of our spiritual hunger, our need for God. The purpose of fasting is to turn our attention to both God and others. Things to fast from…
Fasting is an integral part of Lent. Traditionally it has included reducing the amount of food we eat and abstaining from meat. We fast to allow our physical hunger to remind us of our spiritual hunger, our need for God. The purpose of fasting is to turn our attention to both God and others. Things to fast from...
A GUIDE TO FASTING Lent is a season of forty days, excluding Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday (2 March 2022) and ends on Holy Saturday, the eve of Easter Sunday (16 April 2022). It is a season that reminds us of Jesus’ journey to the cross, and what that means for Christians to follow Him. Fasting,
14 lut 2024 · Fasting is an important practice during Lent. Traditionally, people choose to give up certain indulgences or habits as a form of self-discipline to focus on spiritual growth and closeness to...
A guide to prayer, fasting, and almsgiving Step 1: Pray and discern your weaknesses and sins hurting your relationship with God, self, and others. Step 2: Pray and discern the remedies of Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving that will help you combat these weaknesses.
If you are a dynamic Catholic, you understand why the Church promotes extra prayer, fasting, and almsgiving during Lent. [We choose to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. every day during Lent as one extra prayer.] The highest prayer we have as Christians is the Mass. Holy Communion puts us in direct union with God.
