Fasting
Lent with St. Clare: Fifth Friday
St. Clare was known to fast often, even before she left her family home. During the canonization process, one of her sisters said that Clare would fast three days a week.
A New Take on Lenten Fasting
As a zealous young man, I often undertook pretty extreme examples of Lenten fasting.
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Learning to Live Poorer: A Meditation for Lent
“If we really want to be at peace,” environmentalist Wendell Berry writes, “we will have to waste less, spend less, use less, want less, need less." Lent is the time to put this into practice.
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Franciscan Inspirations: Jesus on Fasting and Penance
Early in the Gospel of Mark (2:18-22), Jesus runs into a series of conflicts with the Jewish religious leaders. One such conflict involved the law of fasting.
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10 Reasons to Fast This Lent
Fasting with purpose can give new meaning to Lent and increase your Easter joy.
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