Into the Lion’s Mouth

Fasting Bread recipe for Lent, weeks of prayer, sacrifice and penance

Fasting bread is a very hearty and nourishing bread, contemporarily eaten during times such as Lent, which historically dates back to the fasting of Biblical times. Fasting develops and nurtures both spiritual strength and resistance against temptation, and it also expresses the longing we feel in body, mind, and spirit for our King, Jesus Christ.…