REPLAY - Unveiling St. Martin's Lent: Secrets of Fasting and Spiritual Growth w/ Matthew Plese
Avoiding Babylon
Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Uncover the profound spiritual journey of St. Martin's Lent with our special guest, Matthew Plese, as he shares insights from his book, "The Definitive Guide to Catholic Fasting and Abstinence." Listen to how early Christian fasting practices have evolved and discover the historical roots and spiritual significance of Martinmas, often celebrated as ...
About Podcast
Avoiding Babylon was started during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. During these difficult and dark days, when most of us were isolated from family, friends, our parishes, and even the Sacraments themselves, this channel was started as a statement of standing against the tyrannical mandates that many of us were living under. Since those early days, this channel has morphed into an amazing community of friends…no…more than friends…Christian brothers and sisters…who have grown in joy and charity.
As we see it, our job here at Avoiding Babylon is to remind ourselves and those who enjoy the channel that being Catholic is a joyful and exciting experience. We seek true Catholic fraternity and eutrapelia with other Catholics who, like us, are doing their best to live out their vocation with the help of God’s Grace. Above all, we try to bring humor and joy to the craziness of this fallen world, for as Hillaire Belloc has famously said:
“Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine,
There’s always laughter and good red wine.
At least I’ve always found it so.
Benedicamus Domino!”