{"id":2068,"date":"2013-02-13T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/02\/fasting-gangnam-style.html"},"modified":"2013-02-13T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T10:23:00","slug":"fasting-gangnam-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/02\/fasting-gangnam-style.html","title":{"rendered":"Fasting Gangnam style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Just thought I\u2019d throw that out there since my boys attended a Catholic Youth event they said had more racy songs than a secular dance party. \u00a0Sometimes I must remind Catholics that few in the seeking world are drawn to God through a label that says twist cap to open. \u00a0I know, prudes and puritans. \u00a0But there is another extreme.<\/p>\n

Anyhoo, we approach this Ash Wednesday with a fast the way we did things downtown in Protestant land. \u00a0In the waning days of my Protestant life, such quaint Catholic\u00a0pastimes\u00a0as Advent, Fasting, and Meditation were becoming all the rage, especially in the Evangelical setting in which I ministered. It was that tension between recognizing the rich and vibrant traditions embedded in historical Christianity while not being or looking too Catholic.<\/p>\n

Fasting was one of the last disciplines to become faddish before I left. \u00a0Now fasting in the Catholic\u00a0Church\u00a0has been a puzzle for me. \u00a0According to the literature we receive, fasting consists of:<\/p>\n

Limit of one full meal on these days for all between the ages of 18 and 59 inclusive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Now, to be honest, there have been times when we were doing good to have one full meal, times being what they were and schedules and pace of life and all. \u00a0Many\u2019s the time when the best we could scrape together was the\u00a0equivalent\u00a0of a full meal on even the highest feast and celebration days of the year. \u00a0So how is this a fast? \u00a0We\u2019d have to eat more than some normal days to\u00a0register\u00a0a full meal!<\/p>\n

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Well, that\u2019s where Protestants come in. \u00a0Leave it to them to pour high octane into a discipline. \u00a0In most of the fasting literature I read those last years of ministry, fasting was just that: fasting. \u00a0Yes, for age, health, and unique circumstances there were obviously ways around straight fasting. \u00a0But fasting was that: don\u2019t eat. \u00a0Liquids and even juices if need be, mostly to stay hydrated. \u00a0But don\u2019t eat. \u00a0And they spoke of having fasting periods, encouraging (within reason) days of actual fasting. \u00a0If it got too crazy,\u00a0consulting\u00a0with a medical specialist was encouraged. \u00a0But the point is, fasting was just that: fasting. \u00a0Maybe there was a time when Catholics fed so that a mere single regular meal was a sacrifice, but times being what they are, I can\u2019t imagine it.<\/p>\n

Not to boast or say I\u2019m a million times as humble as though art. \u00a0It\u2019s just to say we\u2019ve tried the Catholic approach a few times over the years and, when all was said and done, felt like we hadn\u2019t fasted at all. \u00a0When we have actually fasted in the hip new\u00a0Protestant\u00a0way, however, we\u00a0definitely\u00a0knew it. \u00a0At times it felt cleansing, at times agonizing. \u00a0But it was a fast, and one I can\u2019t help reflected more the understanding of\u00a0fast\u00a0when Jesus tells us what to do when \u2013 not if \u2013 we fast. \u00a0 After all, we fast on a day when we are reminded mem\u00e9nto, homo, quia pulvis es, et in p\u00falverem revert\u00e9ris. \u00a0Still:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; \u00a0<\/sup><\/b>that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A reminder.\u00a0<\/span>

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Just thought I\u2019d throw that out there since my boys attended a Catholic Youth event they said had more racy songs than a secular dance party. \u00a0Sometimes I must remind Catholics that few in the seeking world are drawn to God through a label that says twist cap to open. \u00a0I know, prudes and puritans. 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