Richard Rohr, OFM

Isaiah tries to describe what a just people and country would look like if they fasted from the right things.

Isaiah says explicitly that God prefers another kind of fasting which changes our actual lifestyle and not just punishes our body.

So today you must pray for the desire to desire! Even if you do not feel it yet, ask for new and even unknown desires.

An ego response is always an inadequate or even wrong response to the moment. It will not deepen or broaden life, love, or inner laughter.

All mature spirituality, in one sense or another, is about letting go and unlearning.

Those who can be present with head, heart, and body at the same time will always encounter The Presence, whether they call it God or not.