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Mark Storer's avatar

I have made the mistake this year of coming to Lent without intentions. As has happened in previous Lenten journeys, our family lost many members in leading up to it. Somehow, in my poetic and snarky response, I'll say, "I gave up Joanne, Muriel and Dave for Lent this year. I'm good..." Pitying them, but more importantly pitying myself. And then I find I need to give up that pity for Lent...

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Louisa Stinger's avatar

Jordan peterson talks about how sacrifice requires a death of some dead thing or part of us. The law of sacrifice is actually a beautiful law when I think about it. Like you said, anything of the world that we sacrifice carves out room in us For something more true because

It is eternal. Only he could make an infinite sacrifice in a finite body and environment. The possibilities this opened for us are eternal.❤️🙏

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