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What are Catholic fasting laws reguarding sundays?
During Lent Catholics do not have to keep to their Lenten 'fast.' I'm catholic but I'm observing ramadan this year... and I feel weird fasting on a sunday. What are our rules regarding fasting and sundays? I know sunday is a day of celebration and stuff so I am unsure.
During Lent Catholics are required to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. They are also required to abstain from meat on Fridays in Lent. If a Catholic wishes to fast and abstain on other days then that's fine, like a personal sacrifice or devotional, but it is not required.
Sunday is considered inappropriate for fasting and sacrifice because it is the day of celebration. Sunday is regarded as a day for celebration because it is the day of Christ's resurrection, a day of victory. Be filled with joy because the Lord has redeemed you and brought you to everlasting life.
This is quite a contrast to Islam and the Ramadan fast. The Ramadan fast is consider a pillar of the Muslim faith. It is required for your salvation. If you fail to perform your Ramadan faith then you are a bad Muslim and have committed a great, great sin.
For the most part the Lenten fast in the Catholic faith is easy and simple. However, you can add to it if you want to make a personal sacrifice. In the Muslim faith, the Ramadan fast is long and hard and considered an essential part of their faith. In that context it is forced upon all Muslim believers.
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Prepare the Way of the Lord/ Instrumental Music for Advent and Lent List Price: $15.99 Sale Price: $10.37 Used From: $5.99 |
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Prepare the Way of the Lord features instrumental settings of traditional hymns for the seasons of Advent (tracks 1-9) and Lent (tracks 10-18). This is an inspiring collection of music for these two blessed seasons of the Church year... |
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Vol. 5-Catholic Music Project: Lent List Price: $21.49 Sale Price: $13.00 |
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Lent and Easter in the Domestic Church $15.95 This is an illustrated book full of wonderful activities for children and families to help better understand and celebrate the Lent and Easter seasons. This large size, spiral bound volume is the perfect book for families to learn together and share the traditions of this important time of the liturgical year. Filled with a variety of family activities, saint's celebrations and crafts, this book has something for everyone in the family. Family activities include making of a Paschal Candle, special Stations of the Cross, a Family Altar, a Garden for Mary, the Seder Meal, activities, recipes for special homemade breads and more. Also included are stories of special saints for the season with activities and prayers. Finally, it offers numerous craft activities including cross stitching Guardian Angel patterns, making alms boxes, Easter eggs, Stained-glass pictures, table runners, and many coloring pages. It also includes a helpful index. Peter and Catherine Fournier , parents of six children, are the founders of Domesti-Church.com, a website designed to help enrich family life. Catherine, a convert to Catholicism, is a free-lance writer whose articles have appeared in various Catholic publications including Catholic Digest, Catholic Parent, Canticle and New Covenant . Peter has written for the Canadian Consumer magazine and now does technical writing. They are the authors of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany in the Domestic Church. ' |
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Celebrating Lent $1.5 Helps children understand this time of preparation for Jesus' Resurrection. Full-color illustrations. |
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Catholic Christianity $17.95 For the first time in 400 years the Catholic Church has authorized an official universal catechism which instantly became an international best-seller, the Catechism of the Catholic Church . Using this official Catechism, the highly-regarded author and professor Peter Kreeft presents a complete compendium of all the major beliefs of Catholicism written in his readable and concise style. Since the Catechism of the Catholic Church was written for the express purpose of grounding and fostering catechisms based on it for local needs and ordinary readers, Kreeft does just that, offering a thorough summary of Catholic doctrine, morality, and worship in a popular format with less technical language. He presents a systematic, organic synthesis of the essential and fundamental Catholic teachings in the light of the Second Vatican Council and the whole of the Church's Tradition. This book is the most thorough, complete and popular catechetical summary of Catholic belief in print that is based on the universal Catechism. "In Catholic Christianity , Peter Kreeft has taken the core of the Catechism's teaching and has represented it in his pithy and winning style. The result is the best entree to the Catechism yet-and therefore the best entree to the Catholic faith." "Karl Keating Author, What Catholics Really Believe "Peter Kreeft's work is: 1) unfailingly brilliant 2) intellectually agile 3) astonishingly perspicacious 4) gloriously orthodox 5) Chestertonian-ly aphoristic. Buy and read this book, and be instructed and delighted." "Thomas Howard Author, On Being Catholic "As an apologist who speaks at many seminars and conferences across the country I am often asked what book I would recommend for an adult catechetics class. I always find myself recommending three our four books rather than one. No longer. This is the ONE book I've been looking for! Dr. Kreeft gives a summation of our Catholic Faith based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church that is filled with bite-sized morsels of truth and producing a veritable feast of faith!" "Tim Staples Radio Host and Apologist Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., a Professor of Philosophy at Boston College, is a regular contributor to several Catholic publications, and is the best-selling author of over 25 books including Prayer for Beginners, Back to Virtue, A Refutation of Moral Relativism, Heaven the Heart's Deepest Longing, and Fundamentals of the Faith . ' |
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The Courage to Be Catholic $15.95 Bestselling author George Weigel (Witness to Hope: A Biography of John Paul II) argues that the path to genuine Catholic reform does not lie in accommodating the truth to the spirit of the age, but in a renewed commitment to living the fullness of the Catholic faith. Weigel situates the current crisis of sexual abuse and episcopal malfeasance in the context of recent Catholic history. With unflinching honesty, he analyzes the Church's failure to embrace the great spiritual promise of Vatican II, resulting in the steady surrender to liberal culture. Weigel exposes the patterns of dissent entrenched in seminaries, among priests, and the bishops who failed their flocks. He then gives a solid agenda for true reform and holiness. |
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On Being Catholic $14.95 In his first full-length book since converting to Roman Catholicism over ten years ago, Thomas Howard presents his wonderful, refreshing insights on the "glad tidings" of the deeper meaning of Catholic piety, dogma, spirituality, vision and practice, rendered in his unique style of prose for which he is well-known. The book's chapters take the form of lay meditations on Catholic teaching and practice, opening up in practical and simple terms the richness at work in virtually every detail of Catholic prayer, piety, liturgy and experience. "Tom Howard has done it again. With gentle and compelling wisdom, he shows the Catholic faith for what it is, the grandeur of the biblical gospel and a reflection of the immensity of God's wisdom and grace. On Being Catholic is an apologetic and literary gem." "Scott Hahn, Ph.D. "Would it be brash to say that Thomas Howard is an American counterpart of C.S. Lewis? I think not. Thomas Howard's intelligent, literate and erudite approach to the experience of faith and all of the challenges that faith brings will be enlightening to anyone who takes the Gospel seriously." "Fr. Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R. "Written with the realistic intelligence of a living faith, this book is a refreshing and renewing document. A beautiful book of great relevance and lasting value . . . so truly Catholic it makes one rejoice greatly." " Most Rev. Christoph Sch...nborn "I heartily recommend this inspiring and insightful presentation on being Catholic, particularly as it centers on the Mass. Howard not only captures the substance of each stage in the Eucharistic liturgy, but ties it effectively to heavenly worship with words that sing of beauty in worship. The whole presentation of Catholic belief is set in a striking and inspiring contrast with the bleakness of contemporary culture." " Rev. Michael Scanlan, T.O.R. Thomas Howard , a Professor of English at St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Mass., is the author of numerous books on various Christian themes including Chance or the Dance? and Hallowed Be This House . ' |
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My Catholic Lent and Easter Activity Book List Price: $8.95 Sale Price: $4.78 Used From: $5.03 |
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Reproducible Sheets for Home and School Few Easter activity books focus on more than bunnies and candy. Even fewer focus on the season through a specifically Catholic viewpoint. This imaginative new book takes kids on a journey from Ash Wednesday through Pentecost, engaging them at every point through fun activities while introducing and reinforcing the richness of their heritage... |
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Rediscover Lent List Price: $9.99 Sale Price: $5.77 Used From: $6.04 |
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From the author of the bestselling book Rediscover Catholicism comes an inspiring new way to rediscover Lent. With this new book you can: read a passage from Scripture for each dayreflect on the beauty and importance of Catholic faith and practicemeditate on thought-provoking questionsfind a unique and inspiring prayer for each day of LentThese timely and inspirational words will help renew your enthusiasm for being Catholic, while encouraging you to delve more deeply into the spirituality of the lenten season—a perfect companion for individual reading or for group study. |
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