The Dating Fast 40 Days to Reclaim Your Heart, Body, and Soul
by Becker, KatherineFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-04-01
Publisher(s): Crossroad
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Summary
Offering Catholic women a Christ-centered approached to love and healing, this guide taps into the latest trend on college campuses and church grounds across the country in mapping out a 40-day fast from dating that provides frustrated women an opportunity to regain their clarity about romantic love. With each day structured with brief affirmations and practical activities--such as prayer, reflection, forgiveness, and thanksgiving--Catholic women will find a cleansing ritual sure to resolve the emotional trauma of painful pasts, and reaffirm an orthodox belief in romantic love.
Author Biography
Katherine Becker is an active member of the Dating Fast movement and a doctor of philosophy candidate at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Table of Contents
| Prologue: You Are Loved | p. 1 |
| "What Will My Future Spouse Be Like?" | p. 3 |
| Your Longing for Intimacy | p. 7 |
| What Is True Love? | p. 9 |
| Obtaining the Life You Have Always Dreamed Of | p. 11 |
| The Benefits of the Dating Fast | p. 13 |
| Accepting the Ultimate Challenge | p. 19 |
| The 40-Day Dating Fast | |
| True love comes from God and God alone | p. 23 |
| We are made for love | p. 25 |
| Practicing patience | p. 27 |
| Divine surrender | p. 29 |
| Sacrifice and fasting | p. 31 |
| Embracing the present moment | p. 33 |
| Created in God's image | p. 36 |
| Being aware of the internal reality | p. 38 |
| Finding the balance between head and heart | p. 41 |
| Reflecting on the past creates hope for the future | p. 43 |
| Remembering childhood | p. 46 |
| The Dating Fast | |
| Dealing with pain | p. 48 |
| Forgiving others | p. 51 |
| Forgiving yourself and accepting God's forgiveness | p. 53 |
| Understanding mercy | p. 55 |
| Believing in God's compassion | p. 58 |
| Good Friday and Easter (Death and the Cross) | p. 60 |
| The Sacrament of Reconciliation | p. 62 |
| Receiving peace | p. 64 |
| Thanksgiving | p. 66 |
| Finding the strength within | p. 69 |
| Learning how to be alone | p. 71 |
| Finding companions on the journey | p. 73 |
| How friendship leads to self-discovery | p. 75 |
| Understanding sexual attraction and sexual embrace | p. 77 |
| Purity | p. 80 |
| Serving others before yourself | p. 82 |
| Commitment | p. 84 |
| How confidence leads to hope | p. 86 |
| Learning to take pleasure from life | p. 88 |
| The importance of family | p. 90 |
| How genuine friendship reveals the images of God | p. 92 |
| Growth vs. healing | p. 94 |
| Following your dreams | p. 96 |
| Heaven | p. 98 |
| The vocation of motherhood | p. 100 |
| Your future self | p. 102 |
| God has a spouse for you, so never settle | p. 104 |
| Marriage leads to each other's sanctification | p. 107 |
| The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass | p. 111 |
| What Happens Next? | p. 114 |
| How to Pray the Rosary: "The Mysteries and Events in the Life of Jesus" | p. 117 |
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