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Fasting For Teens

Posted on March 24, 2022     Leave a Comment

By Phillip Garside It is unfortunate that the age Catholics begin their Lenten obligation to abstain and fast (14 years old) aligns perfectly with developmentally-scheduled teen rebelliousness and sophomoric skepticism. Any insistence that fasting is “the law of the church” simply foments teen defiance. Rather than seeing this conflict as a hurdle to be overcome, […]

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