Let my prayer arise
by abbamoses
We may liken fasting to a burning coal and prayer to frankincense.
Neither has value without the other,
but together, the sweet savor of their incense fills the air.
— Abba Matta El-Meskeen (Matthew the Poor) in Orthodox Prayer Life
That Which is Bread 
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