During the Holy Season of Lent we’re called to practice more intensely what has become known as the Three Pillars of Lent, Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving.
Pope Francis, while he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina described what we experience when we fast:
When we fast we experience:
A pang of hunger
The immediate instinct to find something to eat
A conscious decision to resist that instinct.
“Each conscious decision to continue fasting should trigger a reminder of what others face.” It is at that point, the Archbishop continues, “We are in solidarity with those who fast
involuntarily.”