Today, fasting is a lost practice. Since Vatican II, Catholics do not require fasting. Except for Episcopahans and Lutherans, most Protestants do not know what fasting is. And very few Lutherans and Episcopalians take fasting seriously. Yet, fasting has always been a part of religious devotion, both Christian and non-Christian. For instance, the Bible takes fasting for granted. In looking for a text commending fasting, I could not find one. Fasting is assumed. Jesus took for granted that people would fast. Jesus twice says, "When you fast," not "if you fast," or "you should fast." When the Disciples could not perform a miracle, Jesus explained that it could be done only by prayer and fasting. Jesus fasted. Paul fasted, The Apostles fasted. Luther fasted. The Wesley brothers fasted. It has …