You cannot take fasting literally (by not eating and drinking during that period), because it concerns the entire period from Ascension onward. What matters is that the longing to meet the bridegroom, Jesus, determines our lives, and that you are fully occupied with and preparing for this. Thus our lives today can be modest and sober, because the best is yet to come!
19 Jésus leur répondit: Les amis de l'époux peuvent-ils jeûner pendant que l'époux est avec eux? Aussi longtemps qu'ils ont avec eux l'époux, ils ne peuvent jeûner.