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Category: Feasts / Seasons
Fasting from Self-Concern
Today’s Lenten fast can be from too much self-concern. Instead, consider the experience and burdens of others, and “walk a mile in their moccasins.”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Perspective
An excellent practice for Lent would be to gain perspective. As Henry David Thoreau said, It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.
Fasting from Feeling Overwhelmed
Fast from the problems that overwhelm your life and weigh you down. Ask God for help, and be present to someone else who is struggling.
Fasting from Lethargy
How about if this day in Lent we fast from lethargy. Focus on what gives you enthusiasm for life.
Fasting from Fear
Jesus was always telling his disciples, “Fear not.” So let’s fast from anxiety, fear and worry. God’s goodness permeates our lives. So let us trust in the goodness of the Divine. What a great Lenten practice!
Fasting from Discouragement
On this First Sunday in Lent, let’s fast from discouragement, and trust that the good that we do matters.
Fast from Negativity
This Saturday in Lent is a good day to fast from pessimism, and negativity. Be hopeful in your outlook on life.
Fast from Judging Others
Today’s suggestion for Lent is: Fast from judging others. Remember how God overlooks our faults, and then remember Pope Francis’s words, “Who am I to judge?”
Ash Wednesday
In today’s first reading from Joel we are asked, Even now, says our God, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning. There are many more ways to fast that could actually be more meaningful that limiting our consumption of… Continue Reading “Ash Wednesday”
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