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> [“Fasting, in its most fundamental aspiration, is about developing a sacrificial, self-offering life that addresses and nurtures the needs of others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/fasting-in-its-most-fundamental-aspiration-is-about-developing-a/)

[Norman Wirzba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-wirzba/)

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## More by Norman Wirzba

> [“work is ultimately to be about a finer attunement to the world as the place of God’s sustaining presence. With an awareness of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/work-is-ultimately-to-be-about-a-finer-attunement-to-the-world-as-the/)

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> [“The root of all sin is fear: the very deep fear that we are nothing; the compulsion, therefore, to make something of ourselves, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/the-root-of-all-sin-is-fear-the-very-deep-fear-that-we-are-nothing/)

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> [“If the experience of delight presupposes a sustained, patient, sympathetic, and affectionate embrace of the world, then the decline of delight will be preceded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/if-the-experience-of-delight-presupposes-a-sustained-patient/)

[Norman Wirzba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-wirzba/)

> [“Thanksgiving is the power that transforms desire and satisfaction, love and possession, into life, that fulfills everything in the world, given to us by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/thanksgiving-is-the-power-that-transforms-desire-and-satisfaction/)

[Norman Wirzba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-wirzba/)

> [“To meet and know God people must therefore begin with a deep commitment to serve life as they meet it because this is where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/to-meet-and-know-god-people-must-therefore-begin-with-a-deep/)

[Norman Wirzba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-wirzba/)

> [ “We were created as celebrants of the sacrament of life, of its transformation into life in God, communion with God … \[R\]eal life is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/we-were-created-as-celebrants-of-the-sacrament-of-life-of-its/)

[Norman Wirzba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-wirzba/)

> [“The evidence of the early church suggests that the community of followers ate together regularly and often, and that in their eating they tried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/the-evidence-of-the-early-church-suggests-that-the-community-of/)

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> [“The inability to understand the spiritual roots of gluttony (as the inability to sacrifice) or to appreciate a culture’s role in fostering this anxious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/the-inability-to-understand-the-spiritual-roots-of-gluttony-as-the/)

[Norman Wirzba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-wirzba/)

> [“Fasting, in its most fundamental aspiration, is about developing a sacrificial, self-offering life that addresses and nurtures the needs of others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/fasting-in-its-most-fundamental-aspiration-is-about-developing-a/)

[Norman Wirzba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-wirzba/)

> [“To “remember Jesus” in their eating was not simply to recall a past event. It was to call on Jesus and invite him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/to-remember-jesus-in-their-eating-was-not-simply-to-recall-a-past/)

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