Thanks for sharing not only a practical blueprint for Lenten success, but a definitive exploration of why we do it in the first place!
My favorite: "In other words, the fasting discipline gives us mastery over ourselves and restores the whole person to what they are meant to be... asceticism could re-orient the heart’s desires and renew the soul. We must periodically forego even good things, that our bodies need, in order that we may delight in them all the more."
Thanks for sharing not only a practical blueprint for Lenten success, but a definitive exploration of why we do it in the first place!
My favorite: "In other words, the fasting discipline gives us mastery over ourselves and restores the whole person to what they are meant to be... asceticism could re-orient the heart’s desires and renew the soul. We must periodically forego even good things, that our bodies need, in order that we may delight in them all the more."