Fasting: Accompanied by Mourning

Therefore, the Lord said, "May you fast, fast, cry, and cry."

Fasting is also a sign of mourning. It is when we condemn the person's personal crime, or when we are burdened with the soul of others. One purpose of fasting is to humiliate sin. Your heart is disturbed, your mood is alleviated, your heart is uncomfortable, your grace is weak, and corruption is strong? Is it pride, embarrassment, malice, love to the world, or a filth of other bodies or spirits? There are many examples of fasting in the Bible. Ezra of the whole country of the Jews wrote that "I rush ... we torture ourselves in front of our God." The fasting of Ninevites and the fasting of the prophet's contract are regarded as an important element of the public's repentance. Ninevites fasted with linen and ash as a symbol of deep national mourning (Jonah 3: 5-7)

Fasting is an important mental training related to the combination of body and soul. Fasting must prevent shining, involve vague ideas / words / actions, and involve more prayer and charity, repentance of sin, and love contact with other people. Without these habits, it is mentally harmful to fasting. Fasting occupies most of the calendar year. This includes a great rental period (40 days), holy weeks, birth of Jesus (40 days), fasting of the apostles (fluctuating but about 1 month), fasting (2 weeks), Wednesday, Friday, holidays, Monday It was a priest. On an empty stomach, avoidance of animal food, dairy products, oil, alcohol, gender is included (only in advance). When the festival takes place on an empty stomach (or the birth of Jesus or the hungry of the apostles) alcohol and oil are allowed, sometimes fish are permitted. The first five days of Lent ("Clean Week") includes a strict fast, but ideally it is only Wednesday and Friday dinner after the liturgy.

Fasting occupies most of the calendar year. The purpose of fasting is not to suffer, to prevent eating, impure thoughts, behavior, and words based on the tradition of God. Fasting must always accompany more prayer and charity (donation to local charity or possibly direct contribution to the poor). It is considered useless, or even mentally harmful, that there is no one for fasting. Repenting your sins and loving others is an important part of true fasting.