Words to Live By – From Catholic Tradition

Fasting is a Great Treasure!

The great St. Augustine, Doctor of the Church, urges us to fast generously this Lent, setting before us the many advantages and benefits:

Fasting loves not many words, deems wealth superfluous, scorns pride, commends humility, helps man to perceive what is frail and paltry.

From the sermon of St. Augustine, Doctor of the Church, On Prayer and Fasting. Quoted by St. Thomas Aquinas, Greatest Doctor of the Church, in the Summa, IIa IIae, Q.147, a.1, ad 1.

Catholic Candle note: Let us be grateful that we are fasting, as Holy Mother Church wisely instructs us!