The Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox Christians do fast at lent for 40 days ( or the last week before Easter) because they celebrate the Easter as a holly day. So they fast before Easter and have Holly Communion at Easter. Not sure for Catholics but Orthodoxes do that. The fast they do is not a total absence of food and water or just food as it should be but they Keep away from certain foods like meat, milk, eggs,, olive oil and some other food.. Although this practise has started relatively early in church's history there has not been something like that written in the Gospel. On the contrary apostle Paul says that there are no Holly days now as there were in the times of the Old Testament. See Galatians 4:9-11. But as it written in Romans 14 it is not a sin if you do all these things as you do them for God but my opinion is if you know the precise way to serve the Lord just stay there.
If you are a Catholic, I recommend speaking with your priest to see what is "required" during Lent. If you are from a protestant denomination that practices Lent (Lutheran, Anglican, and some others) speak with your pastor and see what is "required".
Lenten practices are not mentioned in the Scripture, although fasting is. My recommendation is to seek the Lord and see how the Spirit guides you. There is nothing wrong with choosing to fast as long as one is led by the Spirit to do so for a day, a few day, a week, or at intervals. But there is not a requirement to fast in Scripture as far as I know.
The Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox Christians do fast at lent for 40 days ( or the last week before Easter) because they celebrate the Easter as a holly day. So they fast before Easter and have Holly Communion at Easter. Not sure for Catholics but Orthodoxes do that. The fast they do is not a total absence of food and water or just food as it should be but they Keep away from certain foods like meat, milk, eggs,, olive oil and some other food.. Although this practise has started relatively early in church's history there has not been something like that written in the Gospel. On the contrary apostle Paul says that there are no Holly days now as there were in the times of the Old Testament. See Galatians 4:9-11. But as it written in Romans 14 it is not a sin if you do all these things as you do them for God but my opinion is if you know the precise way to serve the Lord just stay there.
God bless you
If you are a Catholic, I recommend speaking with your priest to see what is "required" during Lent. If you are from a protestant denomination that practices Lent (Lutheran, Anglican, and some others) speak with your pastor and see what is "required".
Lenten practices are not mentioned in the Scripture, although fasting is. My recommendation is to seek the Lord and see how the Spirit guides you. There is nothing wrong with choosing to fast as long as one is led by the Spirit to do so for a day, a few day, a week, or at intervals. But there is not a requirement to fast in Scripture as far as I know.
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