"Do you wish your prayer to fly toward God? Make for it two wings: fasting and almsgiving." St. Augustine

The fasting God desires most from us is not only from food, but more importantly from sin. For what good is our material fasting if we are not dying to sin? What is our frequent sin? For many people it is of the tongue. We use the tongue to judge others, to criticize them, to speak unkindly, to use God's name in vain, to lie, to slander, to flatter people for our advantage. If we don't seek to clean up our act, what good is our fasting or prayers. They will be empty actions and words. Repent of sin and turn back to the Lord. This is the call of Lent.