abstinence Archives

Biblical Lessons on Fasting

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Feb 25, 2024 | Knowing, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Do you really want to supercharge your faith life? Follow the example of Jesus and the New...

Fasting and the Bible

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Mar 14, 2023 | Knowing, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Do you really want to supercharge your faith life? Follow the example of Jesus and the New...

Meat: To Eat or Not To Eat?

by Joannie Watson | Mar 10, 2023 | Between the Sundays, Living | 0 |

Once we begin rationalizing disobedience of even the smallest things the Church asks of us, it...

What Does the Bible Teach About Fasting?

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Mar 1, 2020 | Prayer / Spiritual Life, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

“Into the Wild” © by Jef Murray—(Click sketch for artist’s gallery.) Lent has...

Why Do Catholics Abstain from Meat on Fridays and Fast?

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Mar 10, 2019 | Put Out Into the Deep, The Catholic Faith Explained | 0 |

Our bookstores are filled with books written to help us advance in prayer and the spiritual life. The “secret” we all look for is really no secret at all. At its heart, the gospel message is one of self-denial and...

What Does the Bible Teach About Fasting?

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Feb 24, 2019 | Prayer / Spiritual Life, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Lent is fast approaching, so I thought we should revisit self-denial. Fasting and other forms of...

Why Do Catholics Abstain from Meat on Fridays and Fast?

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Feb 18, 2018 | Put Out Into the Deep, The Catholic Faith Explained | 0 |

Would you like to know the secret to a better, deeper, more joyful life in Christ? Of course you would. We all would. Our bookstores are filled with books written to help us advance in prayer and the spiritual life. The...

The Biblical Basis for the Catholic Practice of Fast and Abstinence

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Mar 9, 2014 | Prayer / Spiritual Life, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Last week, I asked the question, “Are you looking for the secret to a better, deeper, more joyful life in Christ?” and responded by exploring the reasons for the Catholic practice of self-denial. We saw that...

First the Fast, Then the Feast

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. | Dec 4, 2013 | Sundays | 0 |

Christmas cards speak about it. Christmas carols sing about it. Even the angels at Bethlehem...

Pray for Life, Marriage and Religious Liberty

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Oct 23, 2013 | Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

It can be surprisingly easy to forget at times that Catholics and other people of faith are living...

The Church and Condoms

by Msgr. Roger Landry | Nov 26, 2010 | General | 0 |

Last weekend, headlines focused on how Pope Benedict was apparently changing the Church’s teachings about the immorality of the use of condoms. The comments, excerpted from a book length interview of the Pope with journalist...

Make EVERY Friday GOOD Friday!

by Peggy Bowes | Apr 23, 2010 | Calendar & Seasons, General | 0 |

If you’re like most Catholics, you’re probably thinking, “Thank goodness Lent is over! Now I can eat a hamburger on Friday!” Well, you’re only partly correct. Before Vatican II, Catholics had to...