Letters

Letters: Breaking the unjust fetters

NewsDay Staff ·

Letters: Breaking the unjust fetters

EACH Lenten season, we listen again to the powerful words of God from the book of the prophet Isaiah: “Is this the sort of fasting that pleases me? A day when a person inflicts pain on himself, hanging his head like a reed, spreading out sackcloth and putting ashes on oneself. Is this what you call fasting acceptable to God?

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