When a Son Once Asked His Father, Why Do You Fast

[mdgspencer]

What is said on fasting is only the first part of a long post–I found I could not provide it separately from the rest as I would prefer.
see www.monachos.net/content/monasticism/monastic-spirituality/96-ascetic-reflections-on-the-way-of-self-sacrifice

 

[withnailand]

Nice boem but it must also be Granted , of these day`s;

 

[april32010]

 

[Crescentinus]

I raise my with another .

 

[CatherineOH]

‘I fast, … to crush the wall
that is my self;
…
I fast to crucify my desires, for He who was
crucified was He who lived,
and He who conquered,
and He who lives forever.’

AMEN

 

[Courtney_R]

Beautiful