Catechesis: Prayer of St Ephrem, Pt 1, Fasting, Q&Q March 1, 2026

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0:00 Why we fast
0:24 Obedience is the “secret sauce”
1:44 “You’re eating to live” — fasting puts food in perspective
2:15 Why fasting helps: more alert, heart opens to God
2:55 Meat as “passionate food” + Western diet
4:44 “The trump card is obedience” (summary)
5:01 Q&A: slipping on the fast + nutrition/carnivore
5:52 Q&A: fatigue/sleep issues early in the fast
6:59 Q&A: social pressure when refusing food
8:58 “I can; I choose not to” — freedom and fasting
10:39 Two reasons: obedience + “it works”
11:13 Rule of thumb: find the Church that has “all truth”
13:20 Why we fast: because the Church does it
13:31 Cautionary story: evaluating the Church by “what I believe”
15:09 Lent prayer rule book + building a prayer rule
16:44 Make an intercessions list + who to pray for
17:30 Pray for those who make your heart cold
18:28 Example: “don’t look at the Epstein files”
22:06 Guard the heart: what we put in our heads
26:43 Q&A: ADHD/mind racing in prayer — learning attention
28:25 “Holy Spirit, cleanse my thoughts”
29:38 Q&A: dreams + “prayers for purity”
33:38 Q&A: praying for protection but still nightmares
36:23 Guardian angel protection story (falling limb)
38:00 Perseverance: “we do not presume, we do not despair”
40:21 Keep intercessions reasonable (not 700 names)
42:33 Reading kathisma/psalter as an “acquired taste”
44:31 Prayer of St. Ephrem: when/how often
48:06 Homework: write your own Ephrem-style prayer
50:01 “Idle curiosity” vs “despondency” (Greek/Slavonic nuance)
52:33 Idle curiosity (doomscrolling, gossip)
53:13 Don’t read harmful texts out of curiosity
56:09 How to do the Prayer of St. Ephrem (prostrations/bows)
57:13 Sunday of Orthodoxy + icon procession
59:54 “Spirit of sloth”: spiritual lethargy
1:04:44 “Idle curiosity” today (dopamine/doomscrolling)
1:08:06 Q&A: true crime shows/podcasts
1:10:39 News vs idle curiosity (where’s the line?)
1:15:12 “Love of power”: daily examples