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Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving: Spiritual Practices that Draw Us Closer to God Catholic Popes Available in 24K Gold PlatedPrayer, fasting, and almsgiving are often called "spiritual disciplines." The term highlights their similarity to physical disciplines. But like a physical fitness program, we can go through the motions of these practices without deriving much benefit from them. Jesus wants the spiritual disciplines to work for us. Only the Holy Spirit can make us holy, but we can spur the Spirit to help us. That is what almsgiving, prayer, and fasting are: ways of