Chapter V. Apostolicity. 53 3. Our Savior enjoins and prescribes rules for fasting: "When thou fastest, anoint thy head and wash thy face, that thou appear not to men to fast ... and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will repay thee."84 The Apostles fasted before engaging in sacred functions: "They ministered to the Lord, and fasted."85 "And when they ordained Priests in every city, they prayed with fasting."86 The Church prescribes fasting to the faithful at stated seasons, particularly during Lent. A Catholic priest is always fasting when he officiates at the altar. He breaks his fast only after he says Mass. When Bishops ordain Priests they are always fasting, as well as the candidates for ordination. Protestants have no law prescribing fasts, though some may fast from private devotion. They even try to cast ridicule on fasting as a work of supererogation, detracting from the merits of Christ. Neither candidates for ordination, nor the ministers who ordain them, ever fast on such occasions. 0 Acts xv. 28. 0 Gal. i. 8. o 0 Matt. vi. 17. Acts xiii. 2. 1 Acts xiv. 22.