“Fasting, as some people speculate, is not a bodily torture, martyrdom, or a cross, but it is a way to elevate the body to reach the level of cooperation with the soul. When we fast, our intention is not to torture the body but to shun its behaviour. Thus, one who fasts becomes a spiritual and not a physical person. Fasting is an ascetic soul which takes the body with it as its partner in asceticism.” PeopleWayPersonsSoulBodySpiritualLevelsCrossesIntentionPartnersTortureCooperationBehaviourFastingMartyrdomAsceticism Author:Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
“Church, the spiritual power, and the executive power are working today united in a system that confronts people. This alliance or cooperation between the spiritual power and the executive power, between the church and the government, unfortunately takes away the Church's basic mission. It takes away their right to speak on moral or ethical subjects.” PeopleGovernmentTodaySpiritualSpeakChurchUnitedMoralSubjectsMissionsExecutivesEthicalCooperationAlliancesSpiritual PowerExecutive Power Author:Andrey Zvyagintsev
“The slightest cooperation with God's grace can provoke a massive spiritual change.” SpiritualGraceMassiveCooperationProvokingGod's GraceSpiritual Change Author:Robert Barron