Fasting can heal.

It can be said about Lent that we experience it more and most in the spirit of faith. From the sprinkling of ashes to Easter ceremonies, even those who practice less faith are more receptive, at least to some practices of faith. More attention is paid to the Church in mass media, and interviews, but also the idea of ​​self-denial or sin. Those who feel more Christian will find time for the Stations of the Cross, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation, whether they will engage in acts of penance, Fridays without meat, denying themselves something, renouncing something permitted and plea, sent, and thinking more about their salvation. They are certain experiences.

Jesus, when he says: “The healthy do not need a doctor, but the sick… I did not come…” (Lk 5:32), speaks to us when we feel our illness – sin. Faith is also grounded in experiences. Believing also means to meet God and making ourselves available to him. Therefore, meeting God has the power that a person can change. During Lent, especially believers, we feel and realize the need to change our lives, to leave the path of sin, and to make amends. Therefore, the event of the transfiguration of the Lord Jesus on the mountain, in fasting is a significant help, an inspiration, to give God what belongs to God. The transfiguration of the Lord is a call to return to God. We get the opportunity to prove that we want to live in eternity with God.

Ernest Psichari, the grandson of the famous Renan, as commander of the French Foreign Legion, survived the desert storm. Shaken within by this experience, when the storm ceased, he fell on his knees, surrounded by his soldiers, and cried out with a loud voice: “Lord, there is a God!” I believe in His existence.” Then he traveled to Paris and was baptized in the church of the Dominican fathers. Jakub Maritain was his godfather. The storm in the desert was an experience for him, a manifestation of God’s love, which touched the depths of his inner life and caused a change in his life. Not only the return but other things subsequently that speak of his true living Christianity. He was healed of the diseases of sin. He became, as he says, happy.

Lent also invites us to think about ourselves. To allow God to touch our insides with a certain experience. It is also necessary and important for us to have our eyes, ears, and hearts open, to be receptive, and  sensitive to inspirations, meetings, things, and events. Hopefully have time for a serious study about God, man, missi, on and purpose or meaning of life. To extinguish the desire for happiness that burns his heart, he must direct his steps to Christ. Jesus is always nearby. Our life is a constant encounter with Jesus. That is why it is significant to realize the significance of the event of the transformation on the mountain.

Lent is a time to reanalyze your life as a Christian and give yourself an answer to questions of such content:
How far am I from God?
How do I live my faith?
Am I a Christian only in church?

A sincere return, an inner transformation during these Lenten days of renewal, may it lead us to the mountain of Transfiguration to experience our inner transformation.