ll these endeavors
for fasting are concerned not about the rejection of various foods as unclean,
but about the subjugation of inordinate desire and the maintenance of neighborly
love.February 27
Everything Works Together for Charity
ll these endeavors
for fasting are concerned not about the rejection of various foods as unclean,
but about the subjugation of inordinate desire and the maintenance of neighborly
love.
Charity especially is guarded: food is subservient to charity, speech to charity, customs to charity, and facial expressions to charity. Everything works together for charity alone.
-- Customs of the Catholic Church 33, 70
Prayer. How great was your love for us, kind Father! You did not spare your only-begotten Son but surrendered him for the sake of us sinners!
-- Confessions 10, 43
| Tradition Day By Day | The Augustinians - St. Thomas of Villanova Province |
From John E. Rotelle, O.S.A., Augustine Day by Day: Minute Meditations for Every Day Taken from the Writings of Saint Augustine. Catholic Book Publishing Co. New York, 1986.
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