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Of Anchorites and Stylites in Lent
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
St Simeon the Stylite I have never understood the aversion most Christians have to fasting. Say the word ‘fasting’ and you get distasteful and alarmed expressions, as if to say, “Good heavens! That’s rather unnecessarily extremist isn’t it?” One suspects that they think you go in for ‘physical mortifications’ of other kinds like flagellation…
Sorry Therapy: Blaming others Doesn’t work, Confession Does
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
When we go to confession we are getting an excellent dose of inner therapy. Confession works, and forgiveness really does make us better. There are three problem areas of our lives which we can bring into confession. We are usually conditioned to ask forgiveness only for the things we have done. But we can also…
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