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\"\"As we continue our journey of forty days, it\u2019s good to remember that fasting from food is good, but what God REALLY wants from us is our gift of self\u2014expressed in a love for the poor, the hungry, the homeless, and the downtrodden.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The first reading at Mass today explains it all:<\/p>\n

\u00a0Is this the manner of fasting I wish, of keeping a day of penance: That a man bow his head like a reed, and lie in sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD?<\/p>\n

\u00a0This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting free the oppressed, breaking every yoke;<\/p>\n

\u00a0Sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless; Clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your wound shall quickly be healed; Your vindication shall go before you, and the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer, you shall cry for help, and he will say: Here I am! If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech.<\/p>\n

\u2014Isaiah 58:5-9:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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