Those who fast and gain no benefit have done so in the wrong way

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

Those who fast and gain no benefit have done so in the wrong way. Fasting is not to blame but the method followed.
Such as those who fast bodily without paying attention to the virtues that accompany a fast. Or, those who’s aim is fasting in itself as a the target although it should be a means towards an end, the means of giving the soul the opportunity.