“Jesus tells His disciples that they could not cast out the demon from the child because their faith was little or weak. Therefore, today’s Gospel teaches us that faith must be cultivated, strengthened, and deepened through prayer and fasting, lest faith be a simple intellectual conviction, but  become a living relationship of the human with the God Unseen, Who is very close to man through His grace, when this one prays for His help.”
(Patriarch Daniel of Romania) [Fasting; Prayer]

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