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Fasting & Sickness

Posted in Fasting, tagged , , on April 1, 2008 | No Comments »

“Do not abandon a fast in time of sickness, for lo, those who do not fast fall into the same sicknesses.” - St Syncletica

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Labours of Virtue

Posted in Fasting on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »

The wages for the labors of virtue are detachment and knowledge. These
become our friends and advocates in the kingdom of heaven, just as the
passions and ignorance are the advocates for eternal punishment. He then
who seeks the former for the sake of reputation among men and not for
the good in it, will [...]

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Normality and Fasting

Posted in Fasting on March 15, 2008 | No Comments »

“…fasting–the refusal to accept the desires and urges of our fallen nature as normal, the effort to free ourselves from the dictatorship of flesh and matter over the spirit… - Fr. Alexander (Schmemann)

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The Rule of Fasting and Eating are the same Rule

Posted in Fasting, tagged , , , , on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »

“It is not suited to everyone to follow a severe rule of abstinence from everything, or to deprive himself of everything which can serve for the easing of weakness.
One should make use of food daily to the extent that the body, fortified, may be the friend and assistant of the soul in the practice of [...]

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Fasting and Alms

Posted in Fasting, tagged , , , on February 24, 2008 | No Comments »

A brother said to an old man: “There are two brothers. One of them stays in his cell quietly, fasting for six days at a time, and imposing on himself a good deal of discipline, and the other serves the sick. Which one of them is more acceptable to God?” The old man replied: “Even [...]

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A Fast for All Meals

Posted in Fasting, tagged , , , , , on January 25, 2008 | No Comments »

“I shall speak first about control of the stomach, the opposite to gluttony, and about how to fast and what and how much to eat. I shall say nothing on my own account, but only what I have received from the Holy Fathers. They have not given us only a single rule for fasting or [...]

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Gearing up, for Battle

Posted in Fasting, tagged , , , , , , on January 24, 2008 | No Comments »

“Let us set out with joy upon the season of the Fast, and prepare ourselves for spiritual combat. Let us purify our souls and cleanse our flesh; As we fast from food, let us abstain also from every passion. Rejoicing in the virtues of the Spirit, may we persevere with love, and so be counted [...]

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Excess: Results for Body & Soul

Posted in Fasting, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 20, 2008 | No Comments »

“For in our bodies too all distempers arise from excess; and when the elements thereof leave their proper limits, and go on beyond moderation, then all these countless diseases are generated, and grievous kinds of death.” — St. John Chrysostom

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Fasting

Posted in Fasting, tagged , on January 20, 2008 | No Comments »

“He who does not fast, does not really believe in God.” - St. Seraphim

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