by St. Ignatius Brianchaninov We repeat — fasting is for man, and not man for fasting. Food given for the support of the body should not be used to destroy it. Very important is the quality of food. The forbidden fruit of Paradise, although it was beautiful in appearance and tasted delicious, had … [Read more...]

by St. Ignatius Brianchaninov Immoderate fasting — that is, prolonged excessive abstinence from food — is not approved by the Holy Fathers. Fasting frees a person from fleshly passions, while prayer wrestles with the passions of the soul and, having conquered them, it penetrates and permeates the … [Read more...]

by St. Ignatius Brianchaninov How will you nourish yourself in eternity when you have learnt here only to glut yourself with material foods and material pleasures which do not exist in heaven? What will you feed on in eternity when you have not tasted one of the good things of heaven? How can you … [Read more...]