Where is the truth in all of this? Is this really a fight, a choice between 'an empty stomach' and 'a loving heart'?
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We all know people who fast and follow all the rules of the Church, yet their hearts are cold and ready to judge and condemn their neighbour. Is this a good reason to reject fasting altogether? Is this a sign that Fasting itself is something bad, to be totally abandoned?
We also know people who never fast and keep bragging about a good heart that is not visible to anyone else except themselves. These are the people who only imagine that they have a spiritual life, who are equally ready to judge their neighbour as those whom they condemn for following the fasts.
Where is the truth in all of this? Is this really a fight, a choice between 'an empty stomach' and 'a loving heart'? The tradition of the Church, the Holy Apostles and Christ Himself thought and taught us differently - they taught us to learn repentance through fasting and prayer, so that our hearts may receive His Love for humankind.
The Orthodox rules of fasting, followed by the whole Orthodox Church:
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The video 'THE RULES OF FASTING: AN EMPTY STOMACH versus A GOOD HEART?' was recorded by Fr Seraphim Aldea, at Mull Monastery (The Orthodox Monastery of All Celtic Saints), on the Isle of Mull.
28 сен 2024