Two months ago I wrote in these pages of embarking on the 40-day Nativity Fast of the Byzantine Rite. This was partly a spiritual preparation for Christmas, in reaction to the secularisation of the Advent season (as well as the watering-down of its penitential character in the Latin Rite), and partly as an exploration of the Rite of my grandparents ahead of my marriage in London’s Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral in June. What I didn’t realise at the time was how powerful a seal it would be on my two-year journey back to the Church. For this reason I can highly recommend it to all practising Catholics.
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How the Nativity Fast helped my journey back to the Church
two months ago i wrote in these pages of embarking on the 40-day nativity fast of the byzantine rite. this was partly a spiritual preparatio...
Paul Nizinskyj
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