The Definitive Catholic Guide To Fasting And Abstinence During Lent With Matthew Plese

Special Guest Matthew R Plese

Author of The Definitive Guide to Catholic Fasting and Abstinence 

The Fellowship of St. Nicholas – a joint venture with him, Timothy Flanders and Sensus Fidelium

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• Fasting is a weapon in which keeps the Devil away.
• The more you fast the closer your Guardian Angel is to you.
• Annual Fasting Calendar – 2023 Traditional Catholic Fasting and Abstinence Calendar
• Eucharistic Fasting – 
• 1953 and then again in 1957 – this was changed
• Just because these practices were done away with, doesn’t mean devout Catholics can’t do this type of fasting our fore fathers did.
• Telegram Group – The Fellowship of St Nicholas  https://t.me/+aXEK-WgNzL42NmJh
• Lent is a badge of Christian Honor 
• 1741 Pope Benedict the 14th – What was going on that was taxing the daily life of someone in Christendom. 
• There was always war and an agrarian lifestyle.

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• Abstinence remains for LIFE there are no age distinctions.

HEADLINE: A History of Holy Days of Obligation & Fasting for American Catholics: Part 1 by Matthew Plese 

If the Church says FASTING – what does the Church actually mean?

FASTING – how much and how often you are eating (ie one meal a day)

ABSTINENCE – what you can and cannot eat (ie on Friday’s no meat on that day)

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