Author Archives: frjosephhuneycutt

Together with prayer, fasting is a critical form of ascetic discipline in the spiritual life. Physical practices of abstinence assist in breaking forceful habits that accrue within and harden the heart over years and even over generations. However, like the … Continue reading →

Just as a reminder [in other words, there’s no need to stone the messenger in the ComBox (hence, the cartoon at left)], here’s “The Rules of Fasting” — beginning with the first day of the Fast, Clean Monday — from … Continue reading →

Back in high school, my football coach required all the players who were not also on the baseball team to run track in the off season. (Then there was that one year that we had a competing volley ball team, … Continue reading →

Mild mannered Mere-Media mogul, Jim Kushiner gushes about the Vatican’s statement on valid baptism …There are plenty of churches we’ve all heard about where [for baptism the words] “cheater, strainer and beamer” are used, or something like that, by clergy-impersonators, … Continue reading →

If thou dost fast from food, my soul, yet dost not cleanse thyself from passions, thou dost rejoice in vain over thine abstinence. For if thy purpose is not turned towards amendment of life, as a liar thou art hateful … Continue reading →