id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005197763 nan How to keep Lent : from approved sources. 1935 .txt text/plain 5248 312 82 This disposition begets an earnest desire to do penance and live up 6 HOW TO KEEP LENT to the spirit of Lent; and the fulfillment of this desire leads us on to a more perfect love of God, which is the essence of per- fection, the end for which we were made, and in which alone our true happiness con- sists both in time and eternity. If, during these days of public penance, God is liberal and generous towards those who even make but slight efforts, let us not forget that He is equally strict and severe with those who spend the time of Lent carelesssly and in- differently, and who abuse the graces and opportunities offered to them at this holy season. cache/_005197763.txt txt/_005197763.txt