Alphabetarius

Is Fasting is the secret of the pure minds, making the holy sacrament manifest.

Is Fastings are a fierce weapon against the temptations of demons; quickly the mind is overcome by the adversary through abstinence.

Is Fasting is the spirit; there the mind rests more where it sees more of food and drink, and the flesh stands before God when it prizes abstinence and acts strongly.

Is Abstinence vivifies what is moderate and kills the superfluous; it vivifies the soul and inflames the body.

Is Fasting is scorned when it replaces the withdrawal of food with satiety.

Is Fasting is scorned when it compensates with an excess of hours.

Is For those who eat feasts all day, they murmur when they prepare delicacies for themselves in the evening to satisfy their gluttony.

Is For no one can come to the front, reaching [the Lord], unless he has first tamed the gluttony of the belly.

Super cantica By abstaining from meats, they are not of the flesh; they are meat, and the flesh [is] the way of life.

Ysyde Basilius We cannot watch with the wise when the belly is burdened; for the measure was impatient; the belly is a broken vessel; let it suffice.

Is Son, do you wish to fast? As you abstain from carnal birds, so refrain your tongue from evil words.

Cesarius Such things are [nothing] without charity.

Leo papa Fasting is like a lamp without oil; God wills that one prudently imitate the beginnings; if they become weak, they seek the help of physicians; it must be tempered so that it can be done, a pleasing duty.

Leo pp Such is one who, after many angers, does not receive a gift; such is the soul that is not constantly fed by the Word of God.

prophe Whence the poor man does not eat, [in] necessity.

pactu It is also praiseworthy to have abstained from goods.

Bnardus I abstain from illicit things because the licit nourishes the body in impudence.

To hide what is to be done is not small; he who hides treasure, so that it may be stolen, who keeps a heavenly desire and guards the spirit from the malign one; it does not suffice that this is not hidden from human praises.

Bn You, who are a Christian, how do you hide your treasure as you follow? Love to be unknown; let them praise you for another, let it be credited to you.

Iohannes Crisostomus It is impossible that a good work, once hidden, would not be admitted by God, for His glory is [there]. If you wish your donations to be seen by all, hide them.

[Accidia/Sloth]... he acted, which without [it] he was rarely slothful.

Hugo de sancto victore Sloth is a sadness born from the confusion of the mind, without weariness, and bitterness with immoderation, by which spiritual joy is exterminated and [by which] the mind is cast down.