{"id":52957,"date":"2022-03-01T10:36:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T15:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=52957"},"modified":"2022-03-01T10:36:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T15:36:06","slug":"remember-this-about-fasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/remember-this-about-fasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember This About Fasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the Mail:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>REMINDERS ABOUT FASTING FROM OUR LADY!!<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"m_4113299459821632383yiv7180405407divRplyFwdMsg\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><b>Subject:<\/b>\u00a0Fw: Facts about fasting brought to light in Medjugorje by Our Lady<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>These are the messages \u00a0Our Lady in Medjugorje said about fasting.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Facts about fasting brought to light in Medjugorje by Our Lady<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div id=\"m_4113299459821632383yiv7180405407x_x_article\">\n<div>7\/21\/82 pgs. 130-131<br \/>\n2. Fasting can suspend the laws of nature.* 7\/21\/82 pgs. 130-131<br \/>\n3. Fasting reduces punishments from God.* 11\/16\/82 pg. 136<br \/>\n4. Fasting is an \u201carm,\u201d a weapon of significant power to defeat, of which atomic power does not compare. Atomic power has not strength to conquer Satan.* 6\/25\/92 pg. 193<br \/>\n5. Bread and water is the best fast.* 7\/21\/82 pg. 130-131<br \/>\n6. Fasting, to be powerful, must be done with the heart. *9\/20\/84 pg. 209<br \/>\n7. Through fasting, the whole plan of Our Lady, that God himself planned for the world\u2019s salvation during this special time, will be achieved. *9\/26\/85 pg. 222<br \/>\n8. By giving our fasting to Our Lady, it \u201cforces\u201d Satan not to be able to seduce us to evil and drives him away. *9\/4\/85 pg. 235<br \/>\n9. Fasting purifies our hearts from the sins of our past. (Through Confession, sins of the past are forgiven, but healing from life-long vice or memories that Satan uses against us to lead us back into sin, requires purification). *12\/4\/86 pg. 239<br \/>\n10. Fasting, coupled with prayer WILL obtain EVERYTHING you ask for (the exception would be something illicit).* 10\/29\/83 pgs. 348-349<br \/>\n11. Fasting sanctifies you to receive the Holy Spirit. *11\/4\/83 pg. 349<br \/>\n12. Humility is a fruit from fasting, when coupled with prayer.* 2\/10\/84 pg. 366<br \/>\n13. The present fasting in the Church is not adequate. Our Lady desires this to change. She said fasting has been forgotten in the last quarter of this century in the Catholic Church. *5\/84 pg. 375<br \/>\n14. Fasting is one element that keeps Satan from conquering us. Faith and prayer are the other two. *11\/16\/81 pg. 114.<br \/>\nWe, in turn, are to conquer Satan. The arms to do so are fasting coupled with prayer.* 6\/25\/92 pg. 193<br \/>\n15. Satan is enraged against those who fast and convert. *6\/16\/83 pg. 343<br \/>\n16. Fasting for the sick can cure them along with faith and prayer. *11\/26\/81 pg. 115<br \/>\n17. Fasting, along with prayer, was offered as a remedy by Our Lady to stop arguments from the Holy Priesthood.* 1\/21\/82 pg. 121<br \/>\n18. Fasting will bring the Kingdom of God among us.* 3\/14\/84 pg. 153<br \/>\n19. Fasting makes Our Lady happy.* 8\/5\/84 pg. 157<br \/>\n20. Fasting will make prayer more vigorous. *1\/25\/84 pg. 363<br \/>\n21. Our Lady will make the maximum good come from our fast. She wants us to give our fast to her in which she \u201cdisposes of them \u201caccording to the will of God. *9\/24\/82 pgs. 134-135<br \/>\n22. Fasting, coupled with prayer, especially community prayer, will protect you from Satan\u2019s aggression in destroying marriages, creating division among priests and will crush him in his plans for obsessions and murders in society today of which Our Lady says he is responsible. *12\/26\/82 pg. 139<br \/>\n23. To obtain a grace from God, it is best you let no one know you are fasting. *1\/28\/87 pgs. 180-181<br \/>\n24. We are to fast out of gratitude. *9\/20\/84 pg. 209<br \/>\n25. Fasting is to be encouraged in others.* 2\/22\/88 pg. 286<br \/>\n26. Our Lady tells us to fast to prepare for the coming of Jesus. *11\/25\/96<br \/>\n*(Page numbers are given from the book Words from Heaven, Messages of Our Lady from Medjugorje, the 7th edition, if you wish to read the whole message. It is the most authoritative book on the messages of Medjugorje. (From \u201cFasting\u201d booklet published by Caritas, Birmingham, AL.)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"devotion\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1646130966\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Remember This About Fasting\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Mail: REMINDERS ABOUT FASTING FROM OUR LADY!! 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