“If the love of God is in your heart, you will understand that to suffer for God is a joy to which all earthly pleasures are not to be compared.”
– Saint Ignatius
“The fast of Lent has no advantage to us unless it brings about our spiritual renewal. It is necessary while fasting to change our whole life and practice virtue. Turning away from all wickedness means keeping our tongue in check, restraining our anger, avoiding all gossip, lying and swearing. To abstain from these things— herein lies the true value of the fast.”
— St. John Chrysostom
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