we have just one proper meal (lunch) and make do with a light breakfast (called afrustulum) and a collation for supper. We fast every day (not Sunday) during Lent, on Wednesdays and Fridays in Advent, on Fridays during monastic Lent and on the eve of certain major feast days. Fasting...
my normal fasting during Lent. I got rid of 1,382 items. I focused on donating to local thrift shops who help those less fortunate, as well as the Salvation Army. Of the items that I sold, part of the proceeds are being donated to charity. While I had had a specific number of item...
March 11, Lent began according to the liturgical calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church, which will lead to the Easter celebration on Sunday April 28, a week after the Catholic and other Churches, which follow the Gregorian calendar. On Sunday 10 March, at the end of the week of "fats" ...
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Lent begins on March 5th this year. Last year I prayed two successful Miraculous 54 Day Rosary Novenas. So I got to thinking, “Lent is 40 days, Sundays are not counted towards those forty. But if you did add them, that would make it close to 50…which is almost 54(NOTE: My train...
Note that if any of the Fasting and/or Abstinence Days falls on a Sunday or a first class Feast outside of Lent, the requirements (except for the Eucharistic Fast) are totally abrogated. Those who need to be excused from the obligations of fasting and abstaining for medical reasons (pregna...
bit lately. Every blessing has been a welcome change, because you all know I’ve been through some pretty hard times over the last few years. Sometimes it has felt like the fulfillment of my promises would never arrive. (That’s why we don’t operate on feelings; we operate on faith....
Using the seasons and the moon to do prayer work is very old and found in every culture. The Council of Nicaea (A.D. 325) calculate the dates for Lent and the date of Easter as the Sunday following the paschal full moon, which is the full moon that falls on or after the vernal (...