Individual Fasting & Prayer

[Jimzz12]

Looking for experts on the subject of ‘Individual Fasting and Prayer’. The goal is to have the as reference point on this subject for the research minded man or woman. Please provide direct quotes when possible.

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– Repent. Repent. Repent.

 

[Jimzz12]

I performed the keyword search ‘fasting’ within The Code of Canon Law and The Catechism of the Catholic Church.

The Code of Canon Law

BOOK IV - FUNCTION OF THE CHURCH (Cann. 834 - 848)

• PART III : SACRED PLACES AND TIMES
• TITLE II. SACRED TIMES (Cann. 1244 - 1258)
• CHAPTER I. Feast Days
• CHAPTER II. Days of Penance

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P4M.HTM
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P4N.HTM
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P4O.HTM

The Catechism of the Catholic Church

PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

• SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
• CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD
• Article 4 “JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED”
• Paragraph 1. JESUS AND ISRAEL

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P1N.HTM

PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY

• SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
• CHAPTER TWO THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
• Article 4 THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
• IV. Interior Penance

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P4A.HTM#S
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P4B.HTM#Z
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P4B.HTM#96

PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST

• SECTION ONE MAN’S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT
• CHAPTER ONE THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
• Article 4 THE MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS
• II. Good Acts and Evil Acts

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P5S.HTM#18

• III. The New Law or the Law of the Gospel

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P6W.HTM#BL
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P75.HTM#6I

 

[Jimzz12]

I performed the keyword search ‘abstain’ within The Code of Canon Law and The Catechism of the Catholic Church.

The Code of Canon Law

BOOK IV - FUNCTION OF THE CHURCH (Cann. 834 - 848)

• PART I : THE SACRAMENTS
• TITLE III. THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST (Cann. 897 - 958)
• CHAPTER I. The Eucharistic Celebration
• Art.2. Participation in the Most Holy Eucharist

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P39.HTM#AQ

• PART III : SACRED PLACES AND TIMES
• TITLE II. SACRED TIMES (Cann. 897 - 958)
• CHAPTER I. Feast Days

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P4N.HTM#3O

The Catechism of the Catholic Church

PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST

• SECTION ONE MAN’S VOCATION TO LIFE IN THE SPIRIT
• CHAPTER THREE GOD’S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE
• Article 3 THE CHURCH, MOTHER AND TEACHERONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED"
• II. The Precepts of the Church

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P75.HTM#6K

• III. Moral Life and Missionary Witness

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P76.HTM

• SECTION TWO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
• CHAPTER ONE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH YOUR MIND
• Article 3 THE THIRD COMMANDMENT
• II. The Lord’s Day

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P4A.HTM#S

• IN BRIEF

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P7P.HTM#3V