US Bishop Calls for Return to Friday Abstinence From Meat
Archbishop Borys Gudziak made his remarks at the conference’s annual fall meeting in Baltimore on Nov. 13.
Results from Tag: 'fasting'
‘St. Michael’s Lent’ Offers Men Spiritual Renewal After a ‘Summer of Feasting’
The 45-day devotional season of penance begins this week.
Why Byzantine Catholics Fast in June
By observing the Apostles’ Fast, we can share in the Apostles’ struggle and consider how we are supposed to spread the gospel.
When You Fast, Do Not Look Gloomy Like the Hypocrites
‘The interior penance of the Christian can be expressed in many and various ways. Scripture and the Fathers insist above all on three forms, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving …’ (CCC 1434)
Sister Lúcia and Our Lady of Fatima Explain Fasting and Sacrifice
Fatima visionary Sister Lúcia explains how our Christian tradition of asceticism can help us grow in love of God and neighbor.
Being in the Black Spiritually: The Gift of the Black Fast
A period of strict fasting during Lent and the Paschal Triduum fosters a spirit of renewed commitment to God — a sorrowful heart intent on making amends.
Lenten Fasting: Could You Hack It as a Catholic in 1873?
Meatless Wednesdays and Fridays? No butter, cheese or eggs during Lent? More than a hundred fast or abstinence days per year? Maybe being a Catholic today isn’t so tough after all ...
Lent, Fasting and the Rise of the Occult (March 25)
How tough a Catholic are you? How would you have done with the Catholic Church’s practice of fasting if you lived 100 years ago? Today we discuss ‘Lent and Fasting (Now and Then)’ with Register staff writer Matthew McDonald. Then we turn to Register contributor Mary Frances Myler to discuss the troubling trend of interest in the occult and ways of ‘putting the devil on the run.’
Fasting, Civilization Collapse and the Holy Eucharist
What is civilization without the Eucharist? The answer is all around us, and it is a terrible thing to see.
Fast and Abstain for the Sake of Your Soul
Lent’s penitential character reminds us that we’re called to something greater.
