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I've been fasting for some days now for novena I am doing

I admit I decided not to do Ember days this season (though I did do them a couple months ago for autumn) because I’ve been feeling kind of sick for the past few days, and cause it’s getting near the end of the working month, I literally only have canned soup and stuff like that to eat, so I figured fasting and not eating meat this week might not actually be the wisest decision.

With that said, they are a great spiritual practice and I would definitely ordinarily recommend following them.

Yes, fasting is essential for any Catholic tbqh

Mortification is the best way to gain control over base urges. The Imitation of Christ recommends that if you can control your hunger instinct, all other basic urges become much easier to control, in my experience its totally true.

If the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, then you need to forcibly discipline the flesh. Prayer and fasting combined is the tried and tested way of accomplishing this.

Ember days are great, relish it