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St. Basil the Great said, "The bread you do not use is the bread of the hungry. The garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of the person who is naked. The shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot." (CNS photo/Gene Plaisted, Crosiers) See FAITH-ALIVE 12 Feb. 13, 2020.

No. 12, Part 2: Why give alms?

https://youtu.be/LlP8Gm7vNsU Lent is a time of sacrifice. We strive to unite ourselves with the suffering of Jesus, walking with him in the desert, agonizing with him in the garden, dying…

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Read more about the article No. 11, Part 1: Fasting to be the person God is calling
The corporal works of mercy are posted on a classroom door during Lent at St. Peter Indian Mission School in Bapchule, Ariz. Instead of giving something up for Lent, try taking up one of the corporal works of mercy. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec) See FAITH-ALIVE 11 Feb. 6, 2020. Editor's note: For editorial use only.

No. 11, Part 1: Fasting to be the person God is calling

https://youtu.be/pf_7ejzYcrQ "We must love with our eyes open," Canterbury’s Archbishop Justin Welby said last October. Saints, the Anglican leader advised, are people who are able to face and to confront…

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Read more about the article No. 11, Part 2: The right Lenten fast for you
A family prays before eating a meatless meal of baked potatoes and salad at their home. As Catholics, we undertake the Lenten practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving seeking spiritual conversion as we journey to the cross with Christ. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec) See FAITH-ALIVE 11 Feb. 6, 2020.

No. 11, Part 2: The right Lenten fast for you

https://youtu.be/pf_7ejzYcrQ Each year in the days before Lent, my husband and I share a list of what we plan to give up that year. Last year, it took just a…

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