Do you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD? - Isaiah 58:5c
Through the prophet Isaiah, the LORD tells us that merely making a personal sacrifice without showing mercy to another isn't the kind of fast that He seeks. Self-affliction or self-abasement does nothing to improve the Body of Christ; fasting isn't penance for something we have done or failed to do but rather it is a sacrifice that brings justice to our oppressed brothers. Reflect on the fasting you are doing or planning on doing this Lent - does it somehow improve life for the Body of Christ?
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