I hope all of you here will join me and my fellow Catholics in fasting and praying all throughout this coming Friday.
For those of you who are perhaps new to faith, let me know if you have any questions about how this works, such as healthy ways to fast, what kinds of prayers to use, how fasting and praying helps to bring about world peace, etc.
> What are the fasting rules? Can I eat or drink anything during the 24 hours?
Only water I'm afraid. If you are diabetic you can have some chocolate, like a Cadbury's Cream Egg or a Yorkie if you still have those in England. Otherwise no food for the full 24 hours.
Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc (OP) replied with this 5 months ago, 7 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,385,048
@previous (Erik !saAqdaazn2)
It's supposed to be a day of prayer. Praying while drunk or high could negatively influence the effectiveness of the prayer.
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@1,385,048 (Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc)
What if one were to drink heavily - would that prayer be rendered completely ineffective, or would it in fact become negatively effective, i.e. my prayer would hasten global decline or undo a fellow believer's prayer for example?
> What if one were to drink heavily - would that prayer be rendered completely ineffective, or would it in fact become negatively effective, i.e. my prayer would hasten global decline or undo a fellow believer's prayer for example?
It would depend how inebriated you were. We priests often tell our flocks the parable of the Irishman who died and asked why his prayers had never been answered and God replied that he'd been so shitfaced when praying that He literally didn't understand what the man was asking for. It's an interesting component of the 'Omniscience of God' question.
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@1,385,071 (Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc)
That parable makes me fearful for a friend of ours, who uses this very forum. I won't name him, that I might preserve his dignity, but as an overweight alcoholic layabout I fear his prayers may have gone unanswered for many years. How, Father, might I pray for such a person?
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I love how Catholic "fasting" means, at most, eating a smaller meal for one meal lol. All sorts of exceptions, it's not all day, etc. IF you want to fast, then drink only water for three days or something.
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@previous (Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc)
Pope Leo - Prior to being the Pope his last act where he came from before going to Rome was to deal with Two Priests accused of Child RAPE.
He ran off to Rome and failed to take action against the offenders