{"id":4336,"date":"2018-02-23T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=4336"},"modified":"2018-02-22T17:46:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T22:46:21","slug":"advice-fasting-st-bernard-clairvaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/advice-fasting-st-bernard-clairvaux","title":{"rendered":"Advice on fasting from St. Bernard of Clairvaux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Lent is not\u00a0just\u00a0about fasting and abstinence from foods. Here is what St. Bernard had to say:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Let the eyes fast from curiosity.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Let the ears fast in not heeding vain words or anything unnecessary for the soul\u2019s salvation.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Let the tongue fast from defamation and gossip, from vain and useless words.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Let the hand fast from idleness and unnecessary busyness.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Let the soul fast even more from all vices and sins, and from imposing its will and judgments.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">For without such fasting, all other fasting is rejected by God.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lent is not\u00a0just\u00a0about fasting and abstinence from foods. 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