A fast for today

By Fr. Bernard Holzer, aa

The pillars of Lent were reminded to us by the Gospel of Ash Wednesday: fasting, prayer, and almsgiving.
But above all, it is a time for God and for others, a time to be attentive to our hearts, to others, and to God.
But what kind of fast?

Let us reread and meditate what God asked the prophet Isaiah (8^th century before Christ) to proclaim:

“The fast that I choose:

releasing those bound unjustly,

untying the thongs of the yoke;

Setting free the oppressed,

breaking off every yoke,

sharing your bread with the hungry,

bringing the afflicted and the homeless into your house,

clothing the naked when you see them,

and not turning your back on your own flesh

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,

and your wound shall quickly be healed.”