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Lenten Fasting: Creating Noon with a Supplemental Beer

Medieval Lent was, to say the least, a lot harder. The season’s origins come from the early catechumenate, which led converts through a multi-day period of intense prayer and fasting before their initiation at the Easter vigil. Eventually, this time extended to forty days, in imitation of Christ’s fasting in Read more…

By Jared Staudt, 6 yearsMarch 15, 2020 ago
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