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What’s the idea behind Lent?

Jason Osborne February 9, 2023
What’s the idea behind Lent?

For many of us growing up, there wasn’t much more to Lent than a certain dourness and less chocolate. I remember in school the main focus was, ‘What are you going to be giving up?’ The answers were generally things that it would be a nuisance to do without, but things that weren’t too great…

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