[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III









This is the meaning of fasting. Faced by the above statement of the Apostle, we ask:

Do you, in your fast, care for that what belongs to the Spirit?

This is what we would like to discuss in the following chapters so that our fast may be spiritual and acceptable before God. Not to concentrate on the bodily aspect of fasting and overlook the spiritual benefits. To comprehend the spiritual views of fasting and follow a spiritual route for our benefit.

If fasting is not bodily hunger but spiritual nourishment, then let us research what spiritual nourishment is and whether or not we achieve it while fasting