About fasting

[Contra_Mundum_1]

I found this interesting article about fasting and thought it could be useful to read now that Lent has started.

catholic.org/clife/lent/story.php?id=54424

 

[RuthTherese]

Very interesting article, and quite inspiring. It’s easy to forget why we fast. I do regularly abstain from meat on all Fridays of the year, but I’m not as good about fasting as often as I should. It’s something I do want to try and renew.

 

[Contra_Mundum_1]

Same with me. I need to put fasting in the proper framework, and this article sums it up nicely and in a clear way. Sadly, too many people dismiss fasting these days as something antiquated and not necessary, and prefer to ‘‘add something’’ in Lent, as they put it, rather than fast from something. It is so important to understand why we must fast in order to benefit spiritually from it. (I’m not against adding things in Lent, on the contrary. Doing both is necessary.)