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Fasting is a practise common throughout the Bible. While fasting can be good for the health of our body, the deeper meaning involves us being the master over our pleasures. We are to enjoy the world, but true freedom is being able to say "No" to pleasures without it being a struggle.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 1690, 1947; Jonah 3:6-8; Leviticus 16:29-31; Matthew 6:16-18)