How YOU Can Prepare for Lent (Fr. Gregory Pine) | Ep. 191
Today I sit down with Fr. Gregory Pine to discuss how YOU can prepare for Lent! Buckle up!
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Aquinas' 3 Reasons We Fast
Fasting is practiced for a threefold purpose.
First, in order to bridle the lusts of the flesh, wherefore the Apostle says (2 Corinthians 6:5-6): "In fasting, in chastity," since fasting is the guardian of chastity. For, according to Jerome [Contra Jov. ii.] "Venus is cold when Ceres and Bacchus are not there," that is to say, lust is cooled by abstinence in meat and drink.
Secondly, we have recourse to fasting in order that the mind may arise more freely to the…
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