LENT

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LENT
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• Ash Wednesday begins forty days of preparation
  for celebrating the Resurrection.

Be faithful to the Gospel and turn away from sin
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Lent celebrates the memory of the forty days
Jesus spent alone praying in the desert.
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• Lent is a time for strengthening our faith, a
  time to reflect on who we are and where we are
  going.

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It is a time of quiet and prayer, a time of
penance and meditation,
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• a time to become aware of our strength and
  weakness.

Sloth
Pride
Gluttony
Anger
Lust
Greed
Envy
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• Father in Heaven, the light of your truth bestows
  sight to the darkness of sinful eyes.
• May this season of repentance bring us the
  blessings of forgiveness and the gift of your
  light.

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