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It is "fast" because we will spend no more than 30 minutes, and because your host, Michael Bromley, fasts on Fridays. | It is "fast" because we will spend no more than 30 minutes, and because your host, Michael Bromley, fasts on Fridays. | ||
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* The discussions are not apologetics -- we're not here to argue or defend one belief or another; we are here to celebrate the faith we bring to one another | * The discussions are not apologetics -- we're not here to argue or defend one belief or another; we are here to celebrate the faith we bring to one another; | ||
* The discussions are not catechism; but they will be led by my experience and point of view as a Catholic | * The discussions are not catechism; but they will be led by my experience and point of view as a Catholic, as well as to draw from the Catechism of the Catholic Church; | ||
* Here for where the idea came from: [[Fast Fridays: 30 Minutes for God/How it got started|Fast Fridays: How it got started]] | * Here for where the idea came from: [[Fast Fridays: 30 Minutes for God/How it got started|Fast Fridays: How it got started]]; | ||
* Fasting serves as a penance for sins, reminder of our dependance upon God, and to "help us acquire mastery over our instincts" ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/496/ CCC 2043]). | * Fasting serves as a penance for sins, reminder of our dependance upon God, and to "help us acquire mastery over our instincts" ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/496/ CCC 2043]). | ||
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How we separate ourselves from childhood when we sin, as if we are the Father. | How we separate ourselves from childhood when we sin, as if we are the Father. | ||
=== casuistry === | |||
* = self-deception through insincere reasoning or sophistry | |||
* from [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/150/ CCC 579]: | |||
<blockquote>This principle of integral observance of the Law not only in letter but in spirit was dear to the Pharisees. By giving Israel this principle they had led many Jews of Jesus' time to an extreme religious zeal. This zeal, were it not to lapse into "hypocritical" casuistry, could only prepare the People for the unprecedented intervention of God through the perfect fulfillment of the Law by the only Righteous One in place of all sinners.</blockquote> | |||
=== scripture to consider === | === scripture to consider === | ||