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Welcome deare feast of Lent: who loves not thee, He loves not Temperance, or Authoritie, But is compos’d of passion. The Scriptures bid us fast; the Church sayes, now: Give to thy Mother, what thou wouldst allow To ev’ry Corporation. George Herbert, “Lent” from The Temple (1603)

Thoughts from 1996 One of the meanings of penitential fasting is to help us recover an interior life. The effort of moderation in food also extends to other things that are not necessary, and this is a great help to the spiritual life. Moderation, recollection and prayer go hand in hand.

Michael is doing daily meditations for Lent here

Me and Kenneth Woodward. But you probably already knew that. Were we a nation of Bible readers, not just Bible owners, I don’t think a film like Mr. Gibson’s would cause much fuss. While I do not think that “The Passion of the Christ” is anti-Semitic, I do think it presents Christians with a “teaching…
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