The Word Among Us

Lent 2010 Issue

Blow the Trumpet! Call the Assembly!

The Blessings of Fasting

Blow the Trumpet! Call the Assembly!: The Blessings of Fasting

Every Lent, as the church invites us to draw closer to the Lord, it calls us to take up the ancient practice of fasting.

Every Ash Wednesday, we are urged to return to the Lord "with fasting, and weeping, and mourning" as we turn away from our sins and...

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