Statutes, Chapter 7 - abstinence and fasting
a Christ suffered for us and given us an example so that we
his footsteps . follow We do this
if we take the hardships and fears of this life to us, affirm
poverty in the freedom of the children of God and renounce
the self-will. Moreover, we will follow
to monastic tradition
Christ in his fasting in the desert, by making
chastise the body and supple,
that glows in the heart longing for God.
