Lenten Fasting and Feasting

Fast from judging others

Fast from emphasis on differences

Fast from apparent darkness

Fast from thoughts of illness

Fast from words that pollute

Fast from discontent

Fast from anger

Fast from pessimism

Fast from worry

Fast from complaining

Fast from negatives

Fast from unrelenting pressures

Fast from hostility

Fast from bitterness

Fast from self-concern

Fast from personal anxiety

Fast from discouragement

Fast from facts that depress

Fast from lethargy

Fast from thoughts that weaken

Fast from shadows of sorrow

Fast from idle gossip

Fast from problems that overwhelm

FEAST

 Feast on the Christ dwelling in them

 Feast on the unity of life

 Feast on the reality of light

 Feast on the healing power of God

 Feast on phrases that purify

 Feast on gratitude

 Feast on patience

 Feast on optimism

 Feast on divine order

 Feast on appreciation

 Feast on affirmatives

 Feast on unceasing prayer

 Feast on non-resistance

 Feast on forgiveness

 Feast on compassion for others

 Feast on eternal truth

 Feast on hope

 Feast on verities that uplift

 Feast on enthusiasm

 Feast on promises that inspire

 Feast on the sunlight of serenity

 Feast on purposeful silence

 Feast on prayer that sustains

--attributed to William Arthur Ward