The Mike Church Show - CRUSADE MAX

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

Listen Later
The Definitive Catholic Guide To Fasting And Abstinence During Lent With Matthew Plese CRUSADE MAX

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)

      The post The Definitive Catholic Guide To Fasting And Abstinence During Lent With Matthew Plese first appeared on CRUSADE MAX.

      ...more
      View all episodesView all episodes
      Download on the App Store
      The Mike Church Show - CRUSADE MAXBy Mike Church