1.0The Divine Hours of Lenthttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thedivinehoursoflentPhyllis Ticklehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thedivinehoursoflent/author/ptickleWednesday - March 5, 2008 - The Divine Hours of Lentrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IOBSC4qP9B"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thedivinehoursoflent/2008/03/wednesday-march-5-2008.html">Wednesday – March 5, 2008</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thedivinehoursoflent/2008/03/wednesday-march-5-2008.html/embed#?secret=IOBSC4qP9B" width="600" height="338" title="“Wednesday – March 5, 2008” — The Divine Hours of Lent" data-secret="IOBSC4qP9B" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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There’s just no accounting for the ways of religion. They wind in and out through the centuries of history like the tracings of drunken snails, though almost all of them are the handiwork of good and godly men and women who meant only to speak the truth and pass it on. Nowhere in Christianity is…