We discuss the importance of the Lenten Fast, which the foundation of both prayer and almsgiving. The fast has traditionally been much more significant than it is at present - including abstaining from meat, eggs, and dairy every day of Lent (even Sundays!), and fasting every day except Sundays.
We also discuss the sin of gluttony which St Thomas Aquinas points out can be committed in five ways: Eating too much, too fast, too fine, too picky, or at the wrong time.
Finally, we consider what St John of the Cross calls "spiritual" gluttony.
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