On a Sunday in March, a mother and her sixteen-year-old daughter were returning home from Church after listening to a sermon on Lent. “I still don’t understand what Lent is all about,” said the daughter. “Look at it this way,” said her mother. “During Lent, you’re supposed to try extra hard to improve your conduct and be a better person. Lent is a time to realize that it’s wise to live every day as if it were your last.” “But Mother,” the daughter replied, “I tried that once and you grounded me.”
Then there is the story of a father trying to explain Lent to his ten-year-old son. At one point, the father said, “You ought to give up…
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