TBTS #250: Preparing for Lent with the Catholic Fasting Coach
Update: 2025-03-04
Description
In this conversation, Brooke Taylor and Beth Bubik discuss the significance of fasting during Lent, exploring its spiritual and practical implications. They delve into the Delay and Pray method, emphasizing the integration of body and soul in the fasting process. The discussion also highlights the importance of redemptive suffering and how to offer up personal struggles for the greater good. Listeners are encouraged to embrace the challenges of Lent and find ways to grow spiritually through fasting and prayer.
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Takeaways
Chapters
00:00 Setting the Tone for Lent 2025
11:30 The Integrated Approach to Fasting
21:44 Redemptive Suffering and Its Importance
Click here for The Catholic Fasting Coach
Click here for information on pilgrimage to Ireland.
Takeaways
- Fasting is one of the three pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
- The Delay and Pray method focuses on delaying sugar, flour, and alcohol to enhance spiritual growth.
- Weight loss is a side benefit of spiritual fasting, not the main goal.
- Redemptive suffering can transform personal struggles into opportunities for growth.
- Emotional components play a significant role in overcoming food and alcohol cravings.
- Integrating body and soul is essential for effective fasting.
- Offering up suffering can lead to deeper spiritual conversion.
- Lent is a time to embrace challenges and grow closer to God.
- The importance of community and support in the fasting journey.
Chapters
00:00 Setting the Tone for Lent 2025
11:30 The Integrated Approach to Fasting
21:44 Redemptive Suffering and Its Importance
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