What's the Point of Fasting During Lent?

We fast during Lent for many reasons. Whether those reasons are
good or not is hard to tell sometimes, though. Sometimes we fast
and do penance for personal reasons (I want to lose weight), or for
practical reasons (I can save my family money or feed poor
children), but too often our fasting is not actually about God. In
this episode, Fr. Mike reminds us that God cares about us so much
he is willing to notice our sacrifices—no matter how meager they
may seem—and he wants us to use those sacrifices to draw closer to
him.