🌿 Rediscovering the Wilderness: Spiritual Roots and Rhythms of Fasting
Fri, Nov 07
|Zoom - 12:00 PM - ET
In the Aramaic world of the ancient Near East, ṣūmā (ܨܘܡܐ, ṣūmā) was never the abstention from food. Rather, it signified a reorientation of the self toward the Divine. To “fast” was to make space to quiet the clamor of appetite so that the heart (lēbā, ܠܒܐ) might hear the subtle whisper of God.
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Nov 07, 2025, 11:00 AM – 11:55 AM CST
Zoom - 12:00 PM - ET
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About the event
As the prophets expressed in Aramaic paraphrase “Break the bread of your fasting with the hungry, and your light will rise as the dawn.” Thus, true fasting is a movement outward, not inward only. It is a form of solidarity with the vulnerable, aligning the human will with the compassionate nature of the Eternal.
In this sense, fasting becomes an act of restoration of relationship, focus, and humility. It reminds us that the human being does not live by bread alone, but by a life attuned to the Presence that sustains all things.