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.
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At Home on Earth: A New Take on Lenten Fasting
While any one person's impact may seem small, each of us can do what is ours to do. Both as a Christian and as a world citizen, I want to do something more, and I think the Lenten season may ...
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Learning to Live Poorer: A Meditation for Lent
“If we want to be at peace,” Wendell Berry writes, “we will have to waste less, spend less, use less, want less, need less.”
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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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