When the fast begins, let us get ready and polish our spiritual weapons;
as cultivators, let us sharpen our sickles; as sailors, let us order our
thoughts against the waves of extravagant desires; as travelers, let us set
out on the journey towards heaven; and as wrestlers let us strip for the
contest. For the Christian is at the same time a soldier, a sailor, a plower
and wrestler. Saint Paul says, “We wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against the powers of evil. Put on therefore the whole armor of God.”
