With Lent beginning on Ash Wednesday, many Christians will be trying to go up a spiritual gear for the 40-days between now and Easter. This usually means prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Just a few years ago, at least for a Catholic like me, these would typically involve some new commitment to pray and do more spiritual reading, abstaining from some item of consumption like sweets or alcohol, and pledging to sacrifice some money or time for those in need.
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