The spirit becomes stinger during fasting

[Mary Naeem]

By H.H. Pope Shenouda III

The spirit becomes stinger during fasting.


During fasting, our prayers are also deeper and our contemplations are deeper. Our relationship with God becomes stinger, even our hymns also. There is a big difference between recording one of the Pascha hymns during the Passion Week and recording the same hymn at a non- fasting period. The effect of fasting on the spirit is not restricted to Christians only but the Hindus, the Yogies and the Buddhists find spiritual strength in exercises of fasting and asceticism. Their spirits become more pure…

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Fasting then is not of benefit only to fight against the negatives but it also benefits positively in strengthening the spirit