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   "If you cannot go without eating all day because of an ailment of the body,   
   beloved one, no logical man will be able to criticize you for that.   
   Besides, we have a Lord who is meek and loving (philanthropic) and who does   
   not ask for anything beyond our power. Because he neither requires the   
   abstinence from foods, neither that the fast take place for the simple sake   
   of fasting, neither is its aim that we remain with empty stomachs, but that   
   we fast to offer our entire selves to the dedication of spiritual things,   
   having distanced ourselves from secular things."   
      
   St. John Chrysostom, On Fasting.   
      
   "Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to   
   the Lord, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day   
   to day."  Psalm 96:1-2   
      
   Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)