by Fr. Jonathan H. Cholcher Fasting heals gluttony.  This is a spiritual law.  Because gluttony is an ever-present temptation and common malady among us sinners, fasting must be an ever-present practice in the war against sin.  Make no mistake about it, as Christians we are engaged in a war against sin, and this is a struggle to the death, either the death of sin or our spiritual death and separation from the eternal life given by God in Jesus Christ. “Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war … [Read more...]