The verse that spoke to me most today . . .
My response to God . . .
Fasting as a religious act increases our sensitivity to that mystery always and everywhere present to us. . . . It is an invitation to awareness, a call to compassion for the needy, a cry of distress, and a song of joy. It is a discipline of self-restraint, a ritual of purification, and a sanctuary for offerings of atonement. It is a wellspring for the spiritually dry, a compass for the spiritually lost, and inner nourishment for the spiritually hungry.
Father Thomas Ryan