A Modest Proposal: Fast and Abstinence for all of Lent
The other day one of the messaging groups I’m part of was full of questions as to whether that day required partial or full abstinence and what the norms were outside of Ember Days...
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This is Catholicism, Episode 63: The Second Commandment of the Church (Part 2)
In this episode, Father Philip Eldracher and Peter Eldracher finish discussing the Second Commandment of the Church which is, “to observe the laws of abstinence and fasting laid down by the Church.” A Complete...
This is Catholicism, Episode 62: The First and Second Commandments of the Church
In this episode, Father Philip Eldracher and Peter Eldracher finish discussing the First Commandment of the Church before moving onto the Second which is, “to observe the laws of abstinence and fasting laid down...
Ember Days are here again
I hesitated for a moment while the chocolate taste spread across my mouth. My taste buds asked an unusual question of the European chocolate I was enjoying: does this seem too sweet? American chocolate,...
