Asceticism is the practice of denial of physical or psychological desires in order to attain a spiritual ideal or goal, often self-inflicted.

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Most believers consider abstinence and fasting as helpful to their faith and as acts similar to prayer, survey finds ...

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At the end of the twentieth century, Chaim Grade preserved the memory of a Jewish tradition besieged by the forces of ...

God has appointed us to bear fruit. In the spiritual life, it can be hard to judge whether we are blossoming or wilting, so often trapped in isolated thoughts and feelings. Jesus, however, stands as o ...

Grace, an agnostic, attended the Ash Wednesday service at The Chapel of Saint John the Divine on March 5, to practice Lent and visit church.