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“Fasting is the body talking what the spirit yearns, what the soul longs for, and what the mind knows to be true.” — Scot McKnight Christianity has traditionally been at odds with the human body. At times in the history of the church, Christians have viewed the body and physical desires as the enemy. Now, Scot McKnight, best-selling author of The Jesus Creed , reconnects the spiritual and the...

ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves, to attain the Kingdom of God.”5 Fasting as a demonstration before God of our inner resolution and yearning has also shaped how we understand fasting. St. Benedict, the great preacher from Norcia, Italy, included fasting when he formulated his classic Rule. The monastic tradition that derives from him has also shaped how many understand fasting today. My favorite expression of fasting in the Roman Catholic monastic
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