Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is Ascension Presents.

So when I was back in college, I used to fast.

I used to fast on Wednesdays and Fridays.

And I loved it so very much.

I didn't actually, at the end of the day, I'd be super cranky, super grumpy with my sister

would call, hangry or have food rage.

And so I was really relieved to find a book in the school store.

And the book was on the spiritual life written by Monk who lived on the campus I was at.

And one of the chapters was on fasting.

And he says, he says, if at the end of the day you're fasting and you are grumpy and not

nice to be around and mean to people, then maybe you shouldn't fast.

And I was like, wait, I don't have to do this anymore.

So I stopped doing it for a little bit of time.

Now what I should have done is I should have just been smart about it and A, maybe just

been nicer to people.

Like, I made control of my emotions, right?

I mean, I tried to be B, I could have just eaten something.

I mean, I don't know.

There's those snickers commercials that are like, you need to eat something.

You're not yourself when you get, you know, hungry.

So it brings up the question, why should Christians fast?

That's a great question.

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