Beth wraps up the ten-part series on her book Delay and Pray: Permanent Weight Loss Through Spiritual Fasting by sharing the message at the heart of it all—everything we are seeking is already found in the Catholic Church. Peace, purpose, healing, clarity, and even healthy weight loss are available to us through the grace and rhythm of the sacraments, community, and spiritual fasting.

This final chapter is not just a conclusion—it’s a call to come home.

Beyond the Hustle: From Martha to Mary

Beth shares how easy it is to get caught up in a Martha-like life—serving, building, doing, and striving—even in the name of good work. Driven by her choleric and sanguine temperaments, she found herself leaning heavily on productivity, gradually drifting into isolation and losing the joy that first drew her to this mission.

In reflecting on the Gospel story of Martha and Mary, she invites us to shift toward the posture of Mary—sitting at Jesus’ feet in stillness, trust, and surrender. The truth is, our calendars won’t slow down unless we intentionally invite Christ into our time and allow Him to reorder our days.

Finding Healing in the Sacraments and Community

This episode reminds us that transformation happens through the Church—not outside of it. The Eucharist, confession, adoration, and the fellowship of the faithful are powerful means of grace. Beth speaks candidly about how her spiritual and emotional healing began not with another achievement, but with a return to face-to-face community, Scripture study, and shared worship.

Many women, especially those running businesses or leading busy households, feel spiritually dry not because they lack faith, but because they’ve forgotten how to receive. This episode gently calls us back to the sacraments not as boxes to check, but as lifelines of peace, clarity, and restoration.

The Compassionate Life

Beth introduces the concept of a “compassionate calendar” and a “compassionate menu”—a framework that supports healing rather than hustle. It’s not about perfection or rigid discipline. It’s about making room for Christ, others, and yourself. This lifestyle is marked by the “Eat Fast Feast” rhythm, prayerful planning, and a renewed understanding of what it means to serve God with your whole body and soul.

Fasting becomes a gift to others, not a punishment to yourself.

It becomes a prayer for those who are physically or spiritually hungry. And in the emptiness of fasting, you make room to be filled—by grace, not cravings.

Renewing the Mind Through the Church

One of the most powerful parts of this episode is Beth’s explanation of the intellect from a Catholic perspective. Drawing on the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas, she explains how the “passive intellect” can receive distorted, emotional thoughts, but the “possible intellect,” guided by grace, allows us to think clearly and align our minds with the truth.

This sacred pause—the moment to reflect, discern, and reframe—is where real change begins. And the sacraments, especially confession and the Eucharist, help us stay rooted in what is true and holy.

Come Back Home

This episode ends with a clear message: the Church is not optional in your healing. It is essential. If you are Catholic, you have been given access to everything you need through the Body of Christ. The answer is already there—in the sacraments, in the community, in the beauty, tradition, and order of the Church.

Beth encourages us to return to in-person worship, to take time for adoration, to get involved again in community, and to allow the Church to nourish us as we step into this fasting lifestyle.

You don’t need to create a new plan or strive harder to fix your life. You need to come home. Let spiritual fasting be the path that leads you back—to Christ, to community, and to the healing only the Church can offer.

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