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I can't really ask the Catholics that I know in real life, but I have wondered. Does the Roman Catholic Church still practice marital fasting? We both seem to agree that it is beneficial. I was under the impression that traditional fasting practices had mostly been abandonned in the west. That is the impression I get from the folks that I know. I could be mistaken.
Source: Natural Family PlanningWith the increased use of NFP in recent decades the Church has discovered that the informed practice of NFP actually builds virtue. In other words, couples who have used NFP become unselfish by using NFP properly. Thus, the Church has learned that if authentic virtue is weak or absent at the beginning, using NFP properly instills it! Love is a choice in one's will to give oneself to another. But that choice is founded on the recognition of the dignity of the other as well as the dignity of oneself (who would give oneself to another if one thought the gift worthless?). Therefore, anything which leads to a greater appreciation of the dignity and value of human beings fosters love.
I think you are meaning abstinence of a married couple in regards to sex or practicing chastity. Natural Family Planning is in essence marital fasting. It has shown great results in helping make marriages better for it. I was reading something from EWTN earlier that relates to this:
Source: Natural Family Planning
Actually.. yes. The entire reason that I personally use it is to avoid (contra) conception.
Sadly, until the Church would be willing to provide regular respite care and help with the additional financial burden that having another autistic child would add.... I will be using NFP with the blessing of my priest. Our marriage (and likely my sanity) would not survive otherwise.
One can abstain from sexual activity
Actually no. I was meaning marital fasting during the regular Wed/Fri, pre-eucharistic, and pre-festal/lenten fasts.
Yes, and abstaining Saturday evenings in fasting before taking Communion Sunday morning.Actually no. I was meaning marital fasting during the regular Wed/Fri, pre-eucharistic, and pre-festal/lenten fasts.
Yes, and abstaining Saturday evenings in fasting before taking Communion Sunday morning.
Increased prayer and alms.
Increased prayer and alms.
Right. And as it is said so often, none of it does any good without doing this with a loving heart and compassion and love toward our neighbors. So, if you're just fasting, but not praying, it has no benefit.
How could you fast without praying? We pray at all times...Right. And as it is said so often, none of it does any good without doing this with a loving heart and compassion and love toward our neighbors. So, if you're just fasting, but not praying, it has no benefit.
How could you fast without praying? We pray at all times...
JacktheCatholic said:Natural Family Planning is in essence marital fasting.
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Avoid = "contra." Conception = "ception."JacktheCatholic said:It can be seen as a way of avoiding conception
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I am not aware of any teaching that the Saints are Infallible. Merely that they are in Heaven and are good examples of Christian living. However, I should comment on the Doctors of the Church. These Saints have contributed significantly to understanding Apostolic Tradition that the Church has labeled 33 Saints as Doctors.
Again, NFP does not seeked to stop the conception of a child but uses known fertile periods to help the family make intelligent choices on their family's health and care while keeping God's commandments and living within God's design. Natural Family Planning still is open to life and many times a couple will become pregnant and that is a blessing still. Contraception seeks to stop the possibility of conception and this is not anything like NFP.
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Pope Paul VI wrote this:Avoid = "contra." Conception = "ception."
By definition, it is can be a way of avoiding conception, then it's contraception.
Obviously.
All but one Catholic here is stating that it is okay to use NFP as a contraceptive measure and practice - to avoid conception (well, lessen the odds), and that this is the RCC position.
Pope Paul VI wrote this:
"If therefore there are well-grounded reasons for spacing births, arising from the physical or psychological condition of husband or wife, or from external circumstances, the Church teaches that married people may then take advantage of the natural cycles immanent in the reproductive system and engage in marital intercourse only during those times that are infertile, thus controlling birth
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