LENTEN READINGS: PRAYER KNOCKS, FASTING OBTAINS, MERCY RECEIVES (St. Peter Chrysologus) There are three things, my brethren, by which faith stands firm, devotion remains constant, and virtue endures. They are prayer, fasting and mercy. Prayer knocks at the door, fasting obtains, mercy receives. Prayer, mercy and fasting: these three are one, and they give life…
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Lenten Readings ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM ON TRUE FASTING. Beautiful and must read!
Lenten Readings ON TRUE FASTING (ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM) 7. Let us not then despair of our safety, but let us pray; let us make invocation; let us supplicate; let us go on embassy to the King that is above with many tears! We have this fast too as an ally, and as an assistant in this…
ST. BERNARD ON THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF FASTING.
ARE WE WILLING TO “FAST” IN THE SMALL DAILY THINGS FOR LOVE OF GOD? HERE’S HOW… Fasting does not only involve abstaining from food. It could also be applied to different things. As St. Bernard wrote in one of his Lenten homilies: Let the eyes fast from curiosity. Let the ears fast in not heeding…
LENTEN READINGS: SPIRITUAL PURIFICATION THROUGH FASTING AND ALMSGIVING (St. Leo the Great)
LENTEN READINGS SPIRITUAL PURIFICATION THROUGH FASTING AND ALMSGIVING (St. Leo the Great) From a sermon by Saint Leo the Great, pope PURIFICATION OF SPIRIT THROUGH FASTING AND ALMSGIVING Dear friends, at every moment the earth is full of the mercy of God, and nature itself is a lesson for all the faithful in the worship…
FASTING AND ABSTINENCE: A SIMPLE GUIDE.
FASTING AND ABSTINENCE A simple guide A) Fasting Fasting is understood as having ONE NORMAL MEAL during the day. Depending on the customs of each country, it is allowed to take a very light breakfast and a very light dinner if the principal meal is lunchtime; or a very light lunch if the principal heavy meal…
POPE FRANCIS’ MESSAGE FOR LENT 2017
POPE FRANCIS’ MESSAGE FOR LENT 2017 OUTLINE The other person is a gift Sin blinds us The Word is a gift Dear Brothers and Sisters, Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death. This season urgently calls us to conversion. Christians are asked to return…
Pope Francis’ Homily ASH WEDNESDAY 2016. “Be reconciled with God.” “Return to Him with all your heart.”
Pope Francis’ Homily ASH WEDNESDAY 2016. “Be reconciled with God.” “Return to Him with all your heart.” Dear brethren in Christ, below you’ll find the ZENIT translation of Pope Francis’ beautiful homily which I encourage you to read and meditate on in your personal prayer. The Roman Pontiff stated that the Word of God…
LENT: A JOURNEY TOWARDS EASTER THROUGH THE CROSS OF CHRIST.
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ASH WEDNESDAY (Feb. 10, 2016 . Fasting and Abstinence*). WHAT IS LENT? WHY THE IMPOSITION OF ASHES?
ASH WEDNESDAY (Feb. 10, 2016 . Fasting and Abstinence*). WHAT IS LENT? WHY THE IMPOSITION OF ASHES? “RETURN TO ME WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART, WITH FASTING, AND WEEPING, AND MOURNING; REND YOUR HEARTS, NOT YOUR GARMENTS, AND RETURN TO THE LORD, YOUR GOD. FOR GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL IS HE, SLOW TO ANGER, RICH IN KINDNESS,…
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