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The Secrets of Fasting

(Part three, of three in series on Scandals.)

Fasting is one way to address certain kinds of evil. In recent weeks in the Catholic Church,  very dark, evil acts that have been exposed among the clergy and church leadership. In Mark’s Gospel chapter 9:29, Jesus tells the disciples some demons or evil cannot be cast out, (or eradicated), but by prayer and fasting. There is lay movement calling faithful Christians to address the recent clergy sex abuse scandal with the response of prayer and fasting. The movement is called #sackclothandashes. You can read more about it here.

Christians of all types can benefit from fasting. What exactly is fasting? Father Al Lauer of Presentation Ministries offers this perspective on fasting and how you can use fasting to advance your own relationship with God and build the kingdom.

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Jesus on Scandals

(Part 2 in a series on Scandals)

“Scandals will inevitably arise…” —Luke 17:1

I just returned from the store, where I heard a man talking disgustedly on his cell phone about yet another sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. What does Jesus say about scandal?

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