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LENTEN FEASTING AND FASTING

Fast from gossip; feast on the Gospels.
Fast from junk foods; feast on the Bread of Life.
Fast from bad news; feast on The Good News.
Fast from darkness; feast on the Light.
Fast from the secular; feast on the sacred.
Fast from despair; feast on hope.
Fast from revenge; feast on forgiveness.
Fast from tears of sorrow; feast on tears of joy.
Fast from getting; feast on giving.
Fast from complexities; feast on simplicities.
Fast from horror; feast on humor.
Fast from listlessness; feast on laughter.

by Rev. James Gillespie, reprinted from
The Joyful Noiseletter, March 2010



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