Day of abstinence from meat (age 14 and up).

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Ezekiel 18:21-28

 If the sinner turns from his sin,

"Scripture says:

People cannot live on bread alone."

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Deuteronomy  26-10

 Then the priest shall take the large basket

====== You won’t hide from us, you will hear Our cries.

  We are Yours, and you are our God. =====

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Esther C:12, 14-16,23-25

Seized with anguish

Lent is meant to be a time of repentance.

an awareness that sin separates us from God

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Isaiah 58:9b-14

 Then you will call and Yahweh will answer,

『Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.』

St. Frances of Rome, religious 

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Jonah 3:1-10

 The word of Yahweh

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Isaiah 58:1-9a

  Cry out aloud for all you are worth;

St. John of God, religious 

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Isaiah 55:10-11

 As the rain and the snow come down

"Trying to save one's own skin by denying Jesus

will only result in the loss of eternal life, of intimate union with God."

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Deuteronomy 30:15-20

See, I set before you on this day life and good,

Sts. Perpetua & Felicity, martyrs 

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Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18

 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

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Joel 2:12-18

 Yahweh says,