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  • Why fasting, almsgiving, and prayer go all the way back to the beginning

    11 days ago - By Happy Catholic

    Temptations of Christ, 12th-century mosaic in St Mark's Basilica, Venice

    This is for anyone who ever felt as if the Church's prescription of fasting, almsgiving, and prayer are picked out of a hat simply as hard things to do. Au contraire, the combination of John Bergsma' commentary with Joe Heschmeyer's observations show how fasting, almsgiving, and prayer are completely logical prescription from the Church during this time. First, let's look at the nature of temptation.
    The classic scriptural formulation of the nature of temptation is found in 1 John 2:15-16 : Do not love the world or...
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