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)