[SoothingDave]

abstinence purifies the soul, elevates the mind, subordinates the flesh to the spirit, begets a humble and contrite heart, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, extinguishes the fire of lust, and enkindles the true light of chastity.

I got it, I got it, I got it, why didn't someone tell me this sooner? "No meat and I can get to heaven." I haveeeeeeeeeeee seennnnnnnnnnn theeeeeeeeee lighttttttttttt.

You mock what you don't understand. Consider this, are not abstaining and fasting the direct opposite of the sin of gluttony? Wouldn't avoiding sin be good? Do you think Jesus was being silly when he fasted? Do you think imitating Jesus is a bad idea?

SD