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So, scientific proof that what the Church has taught for centuries is good for your physical and mental health and helps you to live longer. Following the Maker's instructions given through the Church is good for the human person. Another indication that an organisation with 2,000 years experience might just have learnt some valuable lessons over the centuries and that we abandon our traditions at our peril.
The only thing the poor old Beeb missed out was to add in a light sprinkling of prayer so that body and spirit will be in good shape!
The only thing the poor old Beeb missed out was to add in a light sprinkling of prayer so that body and spirit will be in good shape!
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I heard this too. Fasting is good for the body and does indeed give our brains a boost in their ability to focus. Our Muslim brothers and sisters can teach us much about fasting, especially what we Christians would deem to be the evangelical counsel associated with it in prayer - that is, to do it quietly.
"...a decent breakfast, no lunch and fish with vegetables for supper". Don't quite understand this. That isn't fasting – that's what many of us do every day of the week.
I remember our elderly parish priest encouraging us to contribute to Family Fast Day by giving up puddings one day a week. My neighbour – a mother of four – said, "Father, we only have pudding one day a week".
As I recall from the Old Catechism Father, a day of fast was to be observed by having “one full meal and two collations”… While there was always some discussion as to what constituted a ‘collation’, it was generally taken to be somewhat less than what one would have at a ‘normal’ meal.
Of course this was easier to observe in the past when mothers were still at home and there was no access to ‘snack machines’ - much less the money to avail of them!
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