That week, I locked myself in my room in order to limit my movement. I took three days to prepare by only eating fruits and drinking water. I found out the fruits reduced my appetite and I didn’t feel the need to eat as much as I would have if I hadn’t taken them. The truth was I was preparing my body to fast and back it up with prayers. On the third day, of this constant routine, I knew I was ready.
The next day, I started my day with mass and after sat awhile to meditate on my sinful nature. Sin had a way of stopping the flow and mercies of God from entering a person’s life. I didn’t want it to stop mine. Make no mistakes about it, we are all sinners; in our thoughts and our words, in what we have done and what we have failed to do. I had come to learn that God was after a broken, cont
