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“Budget” sounds like a cosy little word. It puts one in mind of a favourite cushion you’d cuddle up with while watching TV, or something you’d use to stuff things in, like those fabric pouches used for storing abominable plastic bags bought from supermarkets when you’ve forgotten to take your own.
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By Lindsey Weishar • Catholic News Service • Posted February 19, 2021
I don’t know about you, but I often mentally brace myself for Lent. The season feels so long, so winter-ridden, and in this time of lingering pandemic, especially isolating. Yet, the Online Etymology Dictionary reminds me that Lent comes from an Old English word meaning “lengthening of the day,” “spring.”
Perhaps we’re called to approach Lent not as a marathon of tasks meant to break our will but as a blossoming born of accompanying Christ through the desert, an opportunity to grow in our relationship with him along the way.
How’s Your Christmas History? Here Are 9 Facts You Might Not Know
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There are only five more days until Christmas, so it s a good time to test your knowledge of the holiday.
A Gallop Poll from last year estimated that nearly everyone in the U.S. celebrates the day in one way or another. But do you know your history?
For those adhering to a Christian theology, the Pew Research Center found that 96% of Americans observe the holiday. For those who say religion isn’t that important to them, the figure dropped to 85% still a sizeable majority for a religious holiday.
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