Comments on: 15 Great Ways to Fast During Lent http://bonsecoursvocations.org/blog/15-great-ways-to-fast-during-lent/ God's call to serve begins here Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dowling http://bonsecoursvocations.org/blog/15-great-ways-to-fast-during-lent/#comment-1149 dowling Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:54:30 +0000 http://bonsecoursvocations.org/?p=2957#comment-1149 Thanks Teresa for your comment. Sometimes we need a little food for thought from someone to help us along on our journey. Thanks Teresa for your comment. Sometimes we need a little food for thought from someone to help us along on our journey.

]]> By: dowling http://bonsecoursvocations.org/blog/15-great-ways-to-fast-during-lent/#comment-1146 dowling Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:48:14 +0000 http://bonsecoursvocations.org/?p=2957#comment-1146 And thanks Julia for your thoughtful reflection. And thanks Julia for your thoughtful reflection.

]]> By: Teresa Escamilla http://bonsecoursvocations.org/blog/15-great-ways-to-fast-during-lent/#comment-1008 Teresa Escamilla Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:07:43 +0000 http://bonsecoursvocations.org/?p=2957#comment-1008 Wow thank you so much for this. Sometimes we are just lazy to think deep in our hearts but this has motivated me to give up something different this upcoming Lent season. I was surprised that I could relate to 13!!! of the 15! Wow Wow thank you so much for this. Sometimes we are just lazy to think deep in our hearts but this has motivated me to give up something different this upcoming Lent season. I was surprised that I could relate to 13!!! of the 15! Wow

]]> By: Julia Smucker http://bonsecoursvocations.org/blog/15-great-ways-to-fast-during-lent/#comment-1007 Julia Smucker Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:06:18 +0000 http://bonsecoursvocations.org/?p=2957#comment-1007 I think the difficulty with this is that if one decides to fast from an abstract idea or general attitude, it's harder to translate that into particular actions or restraints, and much harder to keep in check when it's about one's thoughts and feelings. On the other hand, if one determines to focus on an item or two from this list, it could indeed end up being a good prompt to notice and check one's thoughts. Hopefully it would be a basis for deeper reflection rather than simply ignoring or covering up the negatives. One piece of lenten advice that I remember hearing is to do a negative and a positive; that is, to give up something and also to do something proactively. Thanks for the food for thought. I think the difficulty with this is that if one decides to fast from an abstract idea or general attitude, it’s harder to translate that into particular actions or restraints, and much harder to keep in check when it’s about one’s thoughts and feelings. On the other hand, if one determines to focus on an item or two from this list, it could indeed end up being a good prompt to notice and check one’s thoughts. Hopefully it would be a basis for deeper reflection rather than simply ignoring or covering up the negatives.

One piece of lenten advice that I remember hearing is to do a negative and a positive; that is, to give up something and also to do something proactively.

Thanks for the food for thought.

]]> By: Deborah Doyle http://bonsecoursvocations.org/blog/15-great-ways-to-fast-during-lent/#comment-254 Deborah Doyle Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:23:06 +0000 http://bonsecoursvocations.org/?p=2957#comment-254 Thank you for this, I was just looking for some guides in life ! Lent is such a Holy time, and, yes, these 15 ways of Fasting are the best ! Thank you for this, I was just looking for some guides in life ! Lent is such a Holy time, and, yes, these 15 ways of Fasting are the best !

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