Fasting is the soul of prayer;
mercy is the lifeblood of fasting.
So if you pray, fast;
if you fast, show mercy;
if you want your petition to be heard,
hear the petition of others.
If you do not close your ear to others,
you open God’s ear to yourself.
--St. Peter Chrysologus
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