A Leaven In The World… The Spiritual Benefits Of My 90-Day Twitter Fast
By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK Doctors studying Alzheimer’s patients in searching for a cure have landed on fasting as a possible answer on how to eliminate the disease. It’s another case of Church tradition proved right for more than spiritual reasons. It turns out that if one skips a morning collation, waiting 12 hours before breaking one’s fast each day, the body uses more of the stored fat that aids in brain function, to include accessing memories which begins to fail in persons with the disease. The traditional Catholic fast from midnight, it turns out, is beneficial for physical as well as spiritual reasons. For years Catholics, obedient as they were to Church discipline surrounding reception of the Holy…Continue Reading