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This Type of Fast Could Change Your Life

by Fr. Mark Mary
Photo by Mariia Shalabaieva forUnsplash

Are you reverently preparing to receive Holy Communion and the Word of God? Besides fasting from food, are you paying attention to other ways you can fast before going to Mass?

Today, Fr. Mark-Mary proposes a practice all Catholics can make so they can properly receive Christ, both in the Eucharist and in his Word.

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