Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break eery yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hunry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin? Isaiah 58: 6,7
This is what God requires - that we treat each human being and all creation with the dignity given them by God; that we do not judge and point fingers, and deem some worthy and others not, that we understand that we are all one family, and all of us are loved by God.
When we keep God's fast, we will have truly turned our hearts and minds to what is important - love of God and love of neighbor.
May our Lenten fast be a hunger for justice, a work towards alleviating prejudice and discrimination, and a humble walk knowing that God loved us so much that God was willing to die for us.
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