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Hey there, Spouts.

Today is Monday, February 21st, 2022.

This week on the Catholic Spouts podcast, we are going to continue what we started last week.

Last week, we started our Lenton prep.

We talked about what sin is through the example of Judas.

Now, today we're going to talk about something a little bit more specific, but is something that we're really called to do during Lent, and that is fasting to fast.

So today, we're going to talk about what fasting is. And there are the course of the week we're going to talk about five reasons why fasting is a good and holy practice for

Christians particularly during the season of Lent. So what is fasting? Well, fasting is quite simply resisting or slowing down or

limiting the things that we take in that give us sensory pleasure. So do you know what your senses are?

We have all sorts of different senses, right?

The sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. So anything that gives us really super

enjoyable with any of those senses, we try to limit or even completely cut out. Now usually, and for the purposes of

Lent, we usually think about fasting from two different areas, and those are food and drink

or entertainment. So things that we are eating or things that we are consuming through watching or other forms of

entertainment.

We like to limit or even completely cut those things out.

Now, all week we're going to talk about five reasons why it's good to do this.

And I just want you to know that we're not going to talk about things that

will make you like physically healthier or have more time or whatever it is. We're not talking

about those. Those are good things. It's good to be healthy. It's good to make sure that our time

isn't being all gobbled up watching TV and movies.

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