Religious Orders and Fasting
The Minims began the “beer fast” of the monks.
Above: The Refectory by Theophile Gide. “Religious life is a continual exercise of mortification, by which we die daily to ourselves and live only for God” (St. John Bosco). While we may occasionally think of the spiritual warriors who continually raise their hearts and minds in prayer within the cloister, we often overlook the voluntary hunger they endure for the good of the world and…