“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Lent is a time of great celebration and anticipation.

It’s a six-week periodleading to Easter, one of the most treasuredholidays for Christiansaround the world.

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It’s often understood as a sincere recognition and preparation for the death and resurrection of Jesus.

There are 40 combined verses and quotes to mirror the 40 days of Lent.

Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. - Pope Francis

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Fasting is the soul of prayer, mercy is the lifeblood of fasting. So if you pray, fast; if you fast, show mercy; if you want your petition to be heard, hear the petition of others. If you do not close your ear to others, you open God’s ear to yourself. - St. Peter Chrysologus

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You cannot be proud and expect to be transformed away from your sins. You need to humble yourself and have a spirit of repentance within you. Then you will see real change. - Mable Vine

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Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. - 1 Peter 5:6

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