This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, Setting free the oppressed, Sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless; Clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own. Then your light shall break forth like the dawn and your wound shall quickly be healed. Isaiah chapter 58: verse 8-9a

The Prophesy of Isaiah is wholesomely beautiful and reflects hope and truth. Indeed, fasting from food will not be enough. It should be accompanied by generosity and kindness towards those around us. Thus we can fast also from the satisfaction of always being right, or having the last word. Remember, the little kind things we do, occupy the biggest part of other’s hearts.

We can pray too that the modern mythical one-sidedness in relation to mercy, justice, economics and all aspects of social life that constitute a burden for a lot of people be broken.

In a time like this when we all need healing, perhaps we all need some fasting.

PS. Prayer request: That God’s eternal light shine on Jerome, Inago, and Victoria