{"id":107737,"date":"2019-04-05T00:15:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T07:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=107737"},"modified":"2019-03-18T14:29:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T21:29:48","slug":"fasting-friday-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2019\/04\/fasting-friday-4.html","title":{"rendered":"Fasting Friday 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>More penitential <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/101-practical-fasting-ideas-for-lent\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">suggestions from Deacon Nick<\/a>, with my commentary as an ordinary lay slobovian making my way through Lent:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read the documents of Vatican II, especially\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_cons_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Gaudium et Spes<\/em><\/a>. <strong>I\u2019ve been meaning to do this.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WaZbG9\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TLwYsR\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The United States Catholic Catechism for Adults<\/em><\/a>. <strong>I\u2019ve read large chunks\u2013especially the section on the creed since I\u2019m writing a book on the Creed\u2013but never the whole thing.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Sign up for adult formation classes at a local parish. <strong>No time for this.<\/strong><br>\nJoin a Bible study. <strong>Nor this.\u00a0 But I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019m reasonably well-formed, biblically speaking.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Attend Stations of the Cross at a local parish. <strong>This I have time for.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Find a spiritual director. <strong>Done<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2W5JhN7\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Imitation of Christ<\/em><\/a>. <strong>One of these days.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Listen to a free Catholic audio book from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/marialectrix.wordpress.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Maria Lectrix<\/a>. <strong>Audio books are not my thing.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CpOuI8\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Introduction to the Devout Life<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<strong>One of these days.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Read a spiritual autobiography (i.e., Augustine\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2FbSc93\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Confessions<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2OewPbo\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Story of a Soul<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2OeEUfT\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Journal of a Soul<\/em><\/a>), <strong>One of these days<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer at soup kitchen or other food program.<strong> I keep meaning to do this and I keep failing to do this.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Coordinate a food drive at your parish, school or place of employment. <strong>Coordinating things is something I suck at.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Find out who in your parish is sick and offer to visit them or bring them food. <strong>Will do.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Call your local\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholiccharitiesusa.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Catholic Charities<\/a>\u00a0office and volunteer. <strong>No time for this.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Begin making visits to a nursing home. <strong>Or this<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Help an elderly or disabled person in your neighborhood with yard work or other difficult chores. <strong>There don\u2019t seem to be any<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Become a hospital volunteer. <strong>No time<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Become part of a prison ministry team. <strong>Still no time<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate a clothing drive. <strong>Believe me, nobody wants me doing this, unless they want the whole thing cocooned in administrative chaos.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosaryarmy.com\/?page_id=39\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Make rosaries and give them away<\/a>. <strong>One of these days.\u00a0 Just updating this blog takes all day Mondays.\u00a0 The rest of the week is spent writing two books and keeping the wolf from the door.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More penitential suggestions from Deacon Nick, with my commentary as an ordinary lay slobovian making my way through Lent: Read the documents of Vatican II, especially\u00a0Gaudium et Spes. 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