Fasting: Ambrose on Fasting and Elijah
Teaching on Fasting from Ambrose of Milan: Ambrose on Fasting and Elijah
This is a spiritual discipline on elijah and divine encounter, drawing on 1 Kings 19:8, Exodus 34:28 and Daniel 9:3.
Ambrose of Milan (d. 397) preached a series of sermons on Elijah and fasting. He drew parallels between Elijah's forty-day fast in the wilderness and the spiritual journey of every believer. "Elijah was nourished by fasting. By fasting he reached the mountain of God. By fasting he merited conversation with God." Ambrose saw fasting as preparation for divine encounter. Ambrose also taught that fasting restores the paradise that was lost through eating: "Through food, paradise was lost; through fasting, it is regained.…
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