Lenten Fasting and Feasting
Feb 26th, 2009 by Hope Luckie
The other day, my spiritual director gave me this list to think about and pray with during this Lenten season.
Fasting and Feasting
- Fast from the need for attention + Feast on attending the need of others
- Fast from indifference + Feast on the difference we make where hope is lost
- Fast from dwelling on the mistakes of the past + Feast on what they have taught you
- Fast from family feuds + Feast on family prayer
- Fast from relentlessly searching for happiness + Feast on the joy of bringing happiness to others
- Fast from closing your mind to new understanding + Feast on a passion for truth
- Fast from cynicism + Feast on hope
- Fast from loneliness + Feast on welcoming, hospitable acceptance of others
- Fast from routine and predictability + Feast on surprises and spontaneity and an open spirit
- Fast from talking + Feast on listening
- Fast from the demands of perfection + Feast on the glory of being human
- Fast from overpowering urge to win + Feast on the overpowering call to serve
- Fast from false security + Feast on an abiding trust in the present
- Fast from being stuck in time, place and mind + Feast on the journey
- Fast from negatives + Feast on positives
- Fast from bitterness + Feast on forgiveness
- Fast from anxiety + Feast on trust
- Fast from complaining + Feast on appreciation
- Fast from imagined illnesses + Feast on the healing power of God
- Fast from unrelenting pressures + Feast on the power of prayer
- Fast from worry + Feast on blessings
- Fast from pessimism + Feast on optimism
- Fast from anger + Feast on patience
- Fast from discontent + Feast on gratitude
- Fast from pride + Feast on humility
- Fast from childishness + Feast on childlikeness
- Fast from emphasizing differences + Feast on our common humanity
- Fast from the struggle to reshape the world + Feast on the peace of God
- Fast from cursing the darkness + Feast on the light that overcomes the darkness