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A letter about Fasting Prayer

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Why do we fast? Why do we pray? Are these two terms named "fasting" and "praying" associated with each other? We need to answer these questions ourselves since the answers vary from person to person. However, the poetic letter written below, perchance, contains one of the answers. The following is a sample letter about fasting prayer in the form of a verse: A Letter of Fasting Prayer Heartiest greetings to all of you, my brothers and sisters! Glory be to God in the highest! Let us all shrug off all our fears, all our tears In the holy name of God, the Greatest. Do we indeed remember That He did fast for forty days and nights? Let us congregate in the fasting prayer Bidding farewell to all lifelong fights. Let us pray, let us pray, "O, God, gift us listening ears And an obedient and grateful heart"; Let us say, let all say, "O, Lord, drive away all our fears, Drive away our spiritual dirt." Let us get united, O, all fellows; He is the Lord; He is ...