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Discovering the Joy of Fasting

Discovering the Joy of Fasting

Absence not only makes the heart grow fonder, but it makes room for greater joy.

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Emily Malloy
Mar 19, 2025
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By Emily Malloy

Archbishop Fulton Sheen said of Catholics that “first we fast, then we feast.” The preparatory period of fasting during Lent creates a unique space for the feasting of Easter. It is a priming of the canvas before the layering of paints that will form a masterpiece. But most of all, it is choosing the greater good, namely God, and experiencing the reality that only he satiates. This recognition comes only after a stripping of those things which we incorrectly use to fill the God-shaped space within us.

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