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A blessed Ash Wednesday! Taking Lent seriously is a Catholic tradition well worth recovering. We quickly forget our Lenten resolutions and try to get out of the minimal requirements that the Church has. On Fridays, we would not eat meat. On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, we would fast....

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