Sunday, February 17, 2013

Fasting is Romantic! Really??

 I found this article on fasting and realized it fit right in with TOB and our beginnings into Lent. I even mentioned in class last week how I was going to come to class looking gloomy  (to look the part) and then read Matthew 6: 16-18 and realized I was falling into the trap like the hypocrites. 

From the article below by Father Boniface Hicks; "Fasting, like chastity, becomes a reverence for the Body.  In short, given the motivation Jesus provides, in which fasting (like chastity) is an expression of longing and a preparation of the body for the Body of the Bridegroom, we might even say, "fasting is romantic."  Click the link below to read the entire article.

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Fasting-is-Romantic----A-Reflection-on-Ash-Wednesday.html?soid=1101197222912&aid=nF6nBVN7tuQ

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