Tag Archives: Lent
Lent is for “lencten”—lengthen what?
As, from outside, I endure the extreme misery of my friends, sometimes it gets too much. This week it did. I turned to Victor Hugo’s mythic novel Les Miserables, which I’ve never read, I don’t know, maybe as a way … Continue reading
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Tagged Isaiah, Lent, Les Miserables, Revelation
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When Light Lengthens
Tuesday February 12, 2008 Lent Not my favorite time of year. Growing up in El Paso, I belonged to an anti-Catholic family; all I knew about Lent was that on Ash Wednesday Catholic children came from mass with dots of … Continue reading
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