Fasting
Isaiah speaks of fasting as not the act of skipping a meal/s. He says it is about being like God, i.e. seeking God’s heart each day and living according to who God is, since we are made in God’s image and likeness.
The Question about Fasting
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday After Ash Wednesday Matthew 9:14-15 Fasting was an essential part of penance followed by the Jews. The followers of John also fasted like the Pharisees or any other jew. Jesus also fasted and prayed to his father, for 40 days while he was facing the temptations and again […]
The Question about Fasting
To Read Click Matthew 9:14-15 Mark here is trying to teach us a reality The disciples of John the Baptist and the Pharisees fasted in anticipation of the Messiah We fast in our desire for God’s Kingdom to be fully realised in the world But the disciples of John the Baptist missed a […]