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“When fasting, you should fast both in body and heart; abstaining frommeat, gossip and slander…The fasting tongue is better than thefasting stomach, and when the heart abstains from wrath, that is better than both.”St Pope Kyrillos VI#fasting #forgiveness #Lent #PreparationWeek #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“When fasting, you should fast both in body and heart; abstaining from meat, gossip and slander…The fasting tongue is better …

“The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” James 5:16 . “Prayer is greatly aided by fasting and watching and every kind of bodily chastisement. In this regard each of you must do what you can. Thus, the weaker will not hold back the stronger, and the stronger will not press the weaker. You owe your conscience to God. But to no one else do you owe anything more except that you love one another.” St Augustine #prayer #fasting #fastoftheNativity #Advent #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” James 5:16 . “Prayer is greatly aided by fasting and …

A talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter. – Proverbs 11:13 . . …

Fasting and Repentance

Those who fast and receive no benefit from it must have fasted in a wrong way; in this case, what …