Dealing with Depression or Acedia in Lent, Types of Fasting, and Distractions in Prayer

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🗓️ 18 February 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Fr. Josh discusses how to enter into lent if you struggle with depression or acedia, types of fasting, and how to deal with distractions in prayer.

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“When you fast and experience hunger, turn to Scripture so you can feed on the Word of God.”

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0:00.0	What's up and welcome to Ask Father Josh the Pockets by Get to Listen to Your Questions.
0:08.0	Pray with them and hopefully respond in such a way that is helpful for you to become
0:11.5	a saint.
0:12.5	And your walk toward eternity.
0:14.7	Here's the show goes.
0:15.7	You give me up at 3 to 5 questions dealing with anything and everything from morality
0:19.4	to spirituality, evangelization, cataclysmic discipleship, acts of charity or suggested to
0:25.0	list goes on.
0:26.0	I hope that you have a good time with your questions.
0:33.0	I'm not a foulable.
0:35.0	Therefore, every now and then the advice I share with you might not be good for you.
0:38.6	If that's the case, please reject whatever it is that I say that is not help you to become
0:42.9	a saint.
0:43.9	However, if my advice is helpful but difficult, then I want to encourage you to lean into
0:47.5	God so that he can give you the grace that you may need to fulfill the demands of discipleship
0:51.4	over time.
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