I recently moved from the Open Door Community in Atlanta, GA to Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House in Washington, D.C. For me, participating in the "Fast for Justice" is a way I can not just claim with my words but also feel, to a very small extent, solidarity with the imprisoned and the oppressed. Fasting is a beautiful way to pray for and connect to those we cannot see in front of us--and to do this through our very material bodies which we present in public during the fast. This intermingling of the material and immaterial, the seen and the unseen, is a powerful sign of faith in the mercy of God and a hunger for justice on earth, right here, right now.