Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, we have sinned, we have been evil, we have done wrong. We have rejected what you commanded us to do and have turned away from what you showed us was right. Daniel 9:3-5

Self-control is an essential feature of the Christian life. Like other spiritual disciplines, fasting prepares you for the works God has ordained for you to do.

“One should not think about the doings of God when one’s stomach is full; on a full stomach there can be no vision of the Divine mysteries.” St. Seraphim of Sarov, 1754 – 1833 [Adapted]

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