22
07
2025
2025
Fasting from the heart: giving meaning to lack
In the noise of our busy lives, the word "fasting" can seem strange, a little radical or out of place. We associate it with food deprivation, a difficult effort, sometimes even constraint. But in the Christian tradition, fasting is much more than a simple exercise of will. It is an inner act, a way of refocusing, of opening up a space, of becoming silent in order to listen better. When fasting is lived from the heart, it becomes a path towards God. And in the absence of something, it's not the emptiness that speaks, but the presence that approaches.
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