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
HEADLINE: ANNOUNCEMENT: New Trad Fasting Sodality by Matthew Plese
* 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.
HEADLINE: Forgotten Customs of St. Valentine’s Day by Matthew Plese
* 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)