Posts this month
- The Revelations to Sister Lucy of Fatima Show That the Catholic Church has a Pope Now
- The Blessing of a True, Catholic Liberal Education – Part VII
- Lesson #54: Temperaments – Choleric Temperament – Whether Sin Is an Object of Fear for All Temperaments
- February 2026 PDF Issue
Words
to Live By – From Catholic Tradition
Fasting is a Great Treasure!
The great St. Augustine, Doctor of the Church, urges us to fast generously this Lent, setting before us the many advantages and benefits:
Fasting loves not many words, deems wealth superfluous, scorns pride, commends humility, helps man to perceive what is frail and paltry.
Quoted from the sermon of St. Augustine, On Prayer and Fasting, quoted by St. Thomas Aquinas, greatest Doctor of the Church, in the Summa, IIa IIae, Q.147, a.1, ad 1.respondeo.
Catholic
Candle
note:
Let us be grateful that we are fasting, as Holy Mother Church wisely instructs us!
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