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Leonard had discovered over the last couple of years that fasting was just not a spiritual discipline which his body would tolerate. The first time he had tried it, several years ago, he thought his resultant physical distress was because he had tried to go for too long; that his body needed to adjust by degrees. So he began to experiment with shorter periods of time: 12 hours instead of 24, 10 hours instead of 12. It didn't seem to help. He was almost doubled over with the severity of his abdominal cramps. He gave up the idea of fasting during Lent that year.