FITZGERALD writes:

Here’s a good article on the necessity of fasting. The West began dispensing with the ancient fasting tradition prior to the Protestant Revolution. The reformers dispensed with ascetic practices altogether as a form of works to be sacrificed on the altar of Sole Fide. The Catholics fell largely in line (Friday’s as the last redoubt for instance, but even this was a watering down) as an accommodation to the attacks, but I’m sure this is an oversimplification. I need to find some articles with a larger purview than this, but it’s a good start.

Catholics must reclaim their ascetic roots and begin fasting again. The Great Lenten fast was uniform East and West by the fifth century. The fast of the East as it’s now known is the shared inheritance of the Ancient Christian Faith. Men especially need to fast! Being a man I can attest to this!

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