Summary: Sermon titled "Lent, Fasting, Abstinence, and Penance" given on Friday January 3, 2003. Size: 4.2 MB; duration: 18:08. Knowing the history and nature of fasting, abstinence, and penance � the Lenten requirements for which have changed substantially with time--can help us get to Heaven. After the Fall in the Garden of Eden, we lost full control of our passions, appetites, and emotions and acquired concupiscence. Penance is necessary for salvation. If we love God, we will do more than the Church requires of us.
