Advice on fasting from St. Bernard of Clairvaux


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Lent is not just about fasting and abstinence from foods. Here is what St. Bernard had to say: 

Let the eyes fast from curiosity. 
Let the ears fast in not heeding vain words or anything unnecessary for the soul’s salvation.
Let the tongue fast from defamation and gossip, from vain and useless words.
Let the hand fast from idleness and unnecessary busyness.
Let the soul fast even more from all vices and sins, and from imposing its will and judgments. 
For without such fasting, all other fasting is rejected by God.





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