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(NY Times Op-Ed) Verlyn Klinkenborg–In a Lenten Season
Some may think of Lent as a time to make up for the excesses of Mardi Gras. But Lent, which begins… [today], isn’t a time of recovery. To Christians, it’s a 40-day season of preparation for Easter, the holiest day in the liturgical year. But the idea of Lent can be embraced by all of us, religious or otherwise….
Americans are not a naturally ascetic people, and it shows. Fasting lies at the heart of Lent, and most of us are not fasters. We choose our Lenten sacrifices from a very short menu.
But what if this were really a season for renunciation, even for non-believers?
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