{"id":1032,"date":"2009-02-18T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/02\/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-lent.html"},"modified":"2009-02-18T00:10:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T00:10:00","slug":"everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/02\/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-lent.html","title":{"rendered":"Everything you always wanted to know about Lent&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SZto9BDEGyI\/AAAAAAAAFIs\/ySohkQ_BpZo\/s1600-h\/Leach_LentStory_t500.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 266px\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SZto9BDEGyI\/AAAAAAAAFIs\/ySohkQ_BpZo\/s400\/Leach_LentStory_t500.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&#8230;but were afraid to ask.  <\/p>\n<p>It can all be found <a href=\"http:\/\/marysaggies.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/lent-2009.html\">right here<\/a>, at this encyclopedic link put forth by <a href=\"http:\/\/marysaggies.blogspot.com\/\">Aggie Catholics<\/a>.  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