Fasting 01: To Offer Ourselves to God
Rule of Life
The History of Fasting
The first mention as far as we know in all of human history of fasting as a spiritual discipline meaning for religious or spiritual purposes is the story of Moses. By the time of jesus, it was the common Jewish practice across kind of first century israel to fast twice a week on monday and thursday A practice that the early christians continued. They would fast every wednesday and friday until again three stars in the sky until sundown so rama don't eat breakfast you if you want before the sun comes up The reason that lent is 46 days long because six days of the week you fast until sundown and then eat very simple meal late at night But then sunday
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