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Subject: To the Junio
I It*Ho Ladies.
I hope this finds you well anil you a re en jo y in g y o u r second sem ester of your
junior year; Know that you a re b ein g prayed tor co n stan tly and th at even th o u g h
you art* not in m v class you are m issed. © I am w ritin g to rem ind you th a t L ent
will be upon us soon and we th o u g h t, as a religion d ep artm en t, you m ig h t w an t
som e ideas for ex p erien cin g all th a t th is season has to offer.

As you know . L ent is a tim e o f in n er reflection, fasting and p ray er. It is a som ber
occasion in w hich we take tim e from o u r busy scheduli J lives to pray, abstain.
and g iv e of o u r h earts to o th ers. M v ch allen g e to vou is to th in k o f one th in g you
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w ould like to chang e in your life rig h t now and "abstain" from th a t behavior. You
m ay hear people say, “I w ant to g iv e up choco late o r soda." P erh ap s y ou sh o uld
th in k o f a m ore p ressin g behav ior to “g iv e up" like, b ein g late for classes,
pro crastin atio n , o r even un -k in d behavior tow ard s o th ers. P erh aps you w an t to
do so m e th in g m ore, like spend m ore tim e in p ray er. T h in k o f m ore life c h a n g in g
ideas and p u t th em into practice, a fter all E a ste r is a life a lte rin g ex p erien ce and
C h ristia n ity ’s m ost joyous defeat o v e r d eath and a defeat o v er th o se th in g s th a t
hold us back from bein g th e m o st tru e version o f o urselves. W e a re a p a rt o f th a t
joy th a t E aster has in sto re for us. A s I ch allen ged y o u on K niros, W h y n o t now
W h y n ot you!
I have attach ed a h an d o u t th a t g iv es you a topic to focus on for each w eek. Y ou
are w elcom e to follow alo n g o r com e up w ith y o u r ow n creativ e ideas. W h a te v e r
you decide he blessed in y o u r L en ten journey.

In faith.
M iss B e rlin g h o f
P.S. K now th a t I am h ere for you if you need any ideas o r en co u rag em en t alo n g
th e w ay. ©
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