Prayer, Fasting & Almsgiving
Lenten period we constantly hear those 3 words ever so often. we’ve been directed & asked to do good, to be pious, to be faithful, to pray, fast & almsgivings. but do we really understand the tru meaning behind it? they are not just a momentary or a passing practices we only do solely during the Lent period. its not just a practice of deprivation of something only for a short while.
to deeply understand the meaning behind them, we ought to bring these more into our daily lives, adopting a constant attitude in our hearts, mind & actions. failing which, we will never get the real meaning & real power of which prayer, fasting & almsgiving have in the real process of conversion to God whilst mature spiritually. one goes hand in hand with the other dont you think? we mature spiritually hence leads to a conversion. a conversion which effected thru prayers as well as thru fasting & almgivings, properly understood.
so my dear brethrens, liturgically, Lent last only forty days in each year. how about we stretch it thru the years, tru our earthly lives, to be continually converted. in union with Christ, we ought to experience this renewal. HE’ll makes us see & understand that in order to accomplish it is by way of CONSTANT (not for only 40 days) prayers, fasting & almsgiving for that deep lasting effect of a true conversion.
“A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me” (Ps 51:10)
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