Martha Reichert, ENDOW Board Member, Colorado

There has been some talk recently, in my circle of friends, about fasting. This is Catholic code for, “Lent is coming!” My friends and I were marveling at how hard it is to deny ourselves – especially when it comes to food and drink. Why is this, we wondered? Whenever I ponder things of this sort, I like to turn to the saints to see what they think. There is a story that St. Teresa of Lisieux relayed in her autobiography, The Story of a Soul. St. Teresa’s sister, Celine, was attempting to explain heaven to little Teresa: she showed her two glasses, one large and one small. Celine filled both glasses to the rim. “Which one is full?” she asked. “Both are full, ” little Teresa answered. This is how heaven is – God fills each of us to our maximum capacity.