
GODZDOGZ LENTEN RETREAT 2009
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The poet Robert Herrick (1591-1674) reminds us how to observe the season well: “’tis a fast to dole thy sheaf of wheat and meat unto the hungry soul. It is to fast from strife and old debate, and hate; to circumcise thy life. To show a heart grief-rent; to starve thy sin, not bin; and that’s to keep thy Lent”.