CRI Resource: When You Fast: The Why and How of Christian Self-Discipline

This concise book explores the underpinnings of the Church’s practice of fasting and of ascetic discipline in general—repentance and conversion through self-denial and service. Rather than being preoccupied with the details of food regulations, L. Joseph Letendre helps the reader understand the purpose of fasting and how to enter into it more willingly and fully. We fast to prepare, to be set free, and to be fruitful.