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Daily Prayer for March 21st, 2008 

Let us give thanks for the promise and familiarity of Spring

It seems to me that the season of Lent and the celebration of Easter fall at the perfect time of year in the Northern Hemisphere. Easter and spring arrive together. The church asks us to imitate nature and make sure that we are giving birth to new life at Easter. No matter how old we are, there is still new life in all of us.

– Reverend James O’Leary
I Think I Am Happier Than I Think I Am

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Daily Prayer for February 6th, 2008 

Pray for strength and conviction among those undertaking a Lenten journey

What is Lent? It is a 40-day Christian season of preparation before Easter, beginning with Ash Wednesday, and, according to the Catholic Pope Benedict XVI, ‘a process of interior renewal’ in which participants practice prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

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Yahoo! News, February 4, 2008

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