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SUMMARY:Lenten Weekday
DESCRIPTION:PRAYER\, MERCY\, AND FASTING\nFrom a sermon by St Peter Chrysologus 5\n◊◊◊\nThere are three things\, my brethren\, by which faith stands firm\, devotion\nremains constant\, and virtue endures. They are prayer\, fasting and mercy.\nPrayer knocks at the door\, fasting obtains\, mercy receives. Prayer\, mercy and\nfasting: these three are one\, and they give life to each other. \nFasting is the soul of prayer; mercy is the lifeblood of fasting. Let no one\ntry to separate them; they cannot be separated. If you have only one of them or\nnot all together\, you have nothing. So if you pray\, fast; if you fast\, show mercy;\nif you want your petition to be heard\, hear the petition of others. If you do not\nclose your ear to others you open God’s ear to yourself. \nWhen you fast\, see the fasting of others. If you want God to know that you\nare hungry\, know that another is hungry. If you hope for mercy\, show mercy. If\nyou look for kindness\, show kindness. If you want to receive\, give. If you ask for\nyourself what you deny to others\, your asking is mockery. \nLet this be the pattern for all peoples when they practice mercy: show\nmercy to others in the same way\, with the same generosity\, with the same\npromptness\, as you want others to show mercy to you.\nTherefore let prayer\, mercy and fasting be one single plea to God on our\nbehalf\, one speech in our defense\, and a threefold-united prayer in our favor. \nLet us use fasting to make up for what we have lost by despising others.\nLet us offer our souls in sacrifice by means of fasting. There is nothing more\npleasing that we can offer\, as the Psalmist said in prophecy: “A sacrifice to God\nis a broken spirit; God does not despise a bruised and humbled heart”. \nOffer your soul to God; make him an oblation of your fasting\, so that your\nsoul may be a pure offering\, a holy sacrifice\, a living victim\, remaining your own\nand at the same time made over to God. Whoever fails to give this to God will\nnot be excused\, for if you are to give him yourself you are never without the\nmeans of giving. \nTo make these acceptable\, mercy must be added. Fasting bears no fruit\nunless it is watered by mercy. Fasting dries up when mercy dries up. Mercy is\nto fasting as rain is to the earth. However much you may cultivate your heart\,\nclear the soil of your nature\, root out vices\, sow virtues\, if you do not release the\nsprings of mercy\, your fasting will bear no fruit. \nWhen you fast\, if your mercy is thin your harvest will be thin; when you\nfast\, what you pour out in mercy overflows into your barn. Therefore do not lose\nby saving\, but gather in by scattering. Give to the poor\, and you give to yourself.\nYou will not be allowed to keep what you have refused to give to others. \n5 The Liturgy of the Hours – vol. II – pg. 231 – Catholic Book Publishing Co – 1976.
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