In a way, fasting is like the "calming of the monkey mind" effected by the rosary prayer: both are means of stilling the effervescence of relatively superficial preoccupations.
Robert BarronThe ego-drama is nothing compared with the theo-drama. The fun begins when we let God write our stories.
Robert BarronEaster is an earthquake, an explosion. If you see it as less than that, you're not getting it.
Robert BarronThe Bible constantly warns against a merely mercenary relationship with God - a friendship of convenience or self-interest. We should not love God simply because doing so will produce many consolations in our life. We must enter a true relationship, were we fall in love not with His benefits, but with Him.
Robert Barron