Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.” Matthew 9:15 NABRE God often expresses His relationship with Israel as a spousal relationship, God a bridegroom…
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Then the disciples of John approached him and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast [much], but your disciples do not fast?” Matthew 9:14 NABRE Fasting and abstinence from food and drink is a type of prayer, used to point to something more necessary than life, communion with and…
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But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. Matthew 6:6 NABRE Jesus teaches about giving, prayer and fasting. Jesus’ main point is that we should not do things as…
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Yet even now-oracle of the LORD-return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Joel 2:12 NABRE The prophet is warning the people the day of the Lord is coming, the Lord will come in judgement and everyone must be ready. This chapter opens with imagery to…
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He said in reply, “It is written: ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:4 NABRE We move quickly from the birth of Jesus to a scene at the beginning of Jesus ministry. He has been baptized…
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