
Fasting, Civilization Collapse and the Holy Eucharist
What is civilization without the Eucharist? The answer is all around us, and it is a terrible thing to see.
What is civilization without the Eucharist? The answer is all around us, and it is a terrible thing to see.
Lent’s penitential character reminds us that we’re called to something greater.
“The interior penance of the Christian can be expressed in many and various ways. Scripture and the Fathers insist above all on three forms, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, which express conversion in relation to oneself, to God, and to others.” (Catechism 1434)
These are his holy works, and we are blessed to participate as much as we are able.
‘The most intimate communion I have with God is that I eat him.’
Understand and live this pillar of Lent more fully this year.
‘Our prayer and fasting will be a plea for peace in Ukraine, remembering that world peace always begins with our personal conversion, following Christ,’ the Pope said in his message to French-speaking pilgrims.
Pope Francis has called on all Catholics to pray and fast for Ukraine this Ash Wednesday.
COMMENTARY: Conversion means resisting the temptation to ‘sing more loudly’ when confronted head-on with the troubling reality of evil in the world.
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