By Olivia ObijiakuThe Chaplain to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria has proposed spending less money on recharge cards as a way of fasting.
The priest who took this step at the Mass he celebrated in Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish (ABU), Friday, 16th February, 2024 also told participants who adopt his proposal to give the excess to the needy so that their fast may be complete.“Spiritual fasting is good but the physical aspect is also essential.” The chaplain told them. “I propose we fast from the excessive use of our cell phones.
You can simply put off your phones half of the day as fasting talking through the phone and use that time to listen to the Word of God. Cut down what you spend on recharge cards and help somebody with the excess. If we can only share a little, then nobody will completely lack something. Release the captives.
Some people beat their house helps every day. Can they stop beating them for the period of Lent? That is a way of fasting. If they can stop beating them for forty days, then it means they can stop beating them for the next forty days and the next and the next and beating will stopped. So fasting is practical thing that you can do and continue to do even after the period of fasting.
It is like going to a school of discipline, it is a school of self-discipline. Decide what to surrender for the salvation of your soul. May God give us the grace to truly fast both spiritually and on the practical aspect of it through Christ our Lord!”
