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Eating three times a day means taking on, almost without respite,

Eating three times a day means taking on, almost without respite, the work of assimilation. – Adalbert de Vogüé, To Love Fasting: The Monastic Experience

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One of my confreres sketched an explanation that attracted me: since the process of digestion is under the control of the brain, its cessation gave repose to the brain, allowed it a vacation. – Adalbert de Vogüé, To Love Fasting: The Monastic Experience

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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting. – St. Jerome

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What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? – Basil

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