Category Archives: 07. Fragrance of Fasting

Silence of God

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Brother M

Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile … Continue reading →

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Rumi’s Stomach

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Brother M

There is an unseen sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness! Man is like a lute, neither more nor less: When the lute’s stomach is full, it cannot lament, whether high or low. If your brain and stomach burn from fasting, their … Continue reading →

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Attitude Modification

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Brother M

“Yet if you devote your heart to Him and stretch out your hands to Him,  if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent, then you will lift up your … Continue reading →

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Revival

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Brother M

For nourishment, let me find the bread allotted me, lest I become full and deny, saying: “who’s god?”  [Proverbs 30:7]. When fasting, look into your heart not into the mirror. Weigh your body of good works instead of yourself on … Continue reading →

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Penance

Posted on October 13, 2007 by Brother M

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the … Continue reading →

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Repentance

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Brother M

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from … Continue reading →

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