Catholic Quote by Adalbert De Vogue Download Open image ““. . .fasting gives me singularly happy afternoons.”” — Adalbert De Vogue ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Catholic Christianity Fasting Spiritual disciplines
“Wherever you are, you must be very happy; because I am fasting for your happiness forever” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“The rewards of fasting ultimately lead to a more intimate and satisfying experience with the God who made me.” — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
“I mention to him that I am fasting, but planning to take a day off. He cautions me to think about this very carefully.… — Imran Ahmad Copy Share Image
“The discipline gave me a sense of achievement. Not least, fasting is a test of willpower and, whenever I felt my willpower weakening, I… — Kristiane Backer Copy Share Image
“Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“All eminently godly people have been more or less addicted to fasting.” — Thomas Cartwright Copy Share Image
“Fasting is more about longing for the power and presence of Jesus than restricting our appetites.” — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
“Fasting is an act of humility that spotlights our weaknesses and reveals dependence on things rather than on God.” — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
“When a person eats shortly before going to bed, digestion accompanies sleep. The two great physiological functions are completed together, leaving the maximum of… — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
“The discrepancy between the modern observance and the prescriptions of the Rule had struck me ever since the novitiate, and no satisfactory explanation had… — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
“In fact, according to physicians, the functioning of the digestion depends less on the brain than on hormonal mechanisms and autoregulators. However, during a… — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
“When I walk in the forest just before the meal, while reciting the scriptural phrase that I "meditate" for that day, spiritual joy comes… — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
“Instead of destroying and appropriating to himself nourishment taken from outside, man enters a state of nonviolence and detachment relative to the outside world.” — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
“In the afternoon the digestion of the meal deprives me of the incomparable lightness which characterizes the fast days.” — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
“One of my confreres sketched an explanation that attracted me: since the process of digestion is under the control of the brain, its cessation… — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
“Eating three times a day means takingon, almost without respite, the work of assimilation.” — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes. — Neve Campbell Copy Share Image
I'm Catholic and I can't commit suicide, but I plan to drink myself to death. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
The young man [Turgot] destined for an ecclesiastical career was placed within walls carefully designed to keep out all currents of new thought; his… — Andrew Dickson White Copy Share Image
Like many other scientists who hold the Catholic faith, I see the Creator's plan and purpose fulfilled in our universe. I see a planet… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
I'm the daughter of a Kenyan Catholic father and a Mauritian Hindu mother, and I have a Jewish husband who was born in South… — Suella Braverman Copy Share Image
The reason I went to an all-boys Catholic school was because they had the best football team. We won the state championship my junior… — Theo Rossi Copy Share Image
Girded with faith and the performance of good works, let us follow in his [Jesus] paths by the guidance of the Gospel. — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
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Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
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