February 18, 2026
On Ash Wednesday we began our season of Lent, with a Gospel reading from the Sermon on the Mount (Mt 6: 1-18). In that Gospel, Jesus spoke of the three great pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting and almsgiving/acts of charity. (Unsplash photo)
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THE THREE PILLARS OF LENT
Part 2: The practice of fasting
where does this practice of fasting come from, why do we fast and how do we fast?
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