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knowwe will emerge stronger for our time spent thirsting,climbing,andstepping forward in faith.In other years,we may look at Lent withwary eyes,all too familiar with the weight of our faults,and  \ndaunted by the bright empty heat into which we must carry them,until we find Jesus,to whom they may be surrendered.Whetheryou are anticipating Lent as an adventure to be embraced or as ascorching sojourn made in heat and light,Not by Bread Alone is theperfectly balanced Lenten companion for your daily contemplation.Mary DeTurris Poust has a peculiar gift for finding the commonexperiences with which we can all identify and rendering them intoprofound meditations that are both consoling and instructive—theperfect assist through a season of wandering and hope.\"  \n—Elizabeth Scalia,author of Strange Gods:Unmasking the Idolsin Everyday Life and Little Sins Mean a Lot  \n\"If you have ever fallen short of your Lenten resolutions,take thisbook with you wherever you go this Lent!Whether waiting at adoctor's office,silently sitting outdoors during your luneh break,or deliberately spending time with Jesus at Adoration,MaryDeTurris Poust's insightful words in Not by BreadAlone will walkyou through each day's Scripture readings,helping you reflectand meditate on the graces waiting for you during this beautifulseason of Lent.Day by day,moment-by-moment,this Lent can,and will,be different.\"  \n—María Ruiz Scaperlanda is an award-winning author,including,The Shepherd Who Didn't Run:Fr.StanleyRother,Martyr from Oklahoma and Rosemary Nyirumbe:Sewing Hope in Uganda  \nNihil Obstat:Reverend Robert Harren,J.C.L,Censor deputatis.  \nImprimatur:+Most Reverend DonaldJ.Kettler,J.C.L,Bishop of Saint Cloud,September 5,2018.  \nCover design by Monica Bokinskie.Cover art courtesy of Getty Images.  \nScripture excerpts in this work are from the Lectionary for Mass for Use in theDioceses of the United States of America,second typical edition ◎2001,1998,1997,1986,1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine,Inc.,Washington,DC.Usedwith permission.All rights reserved.No portion of this text may be repro-duced by any means without permission in writing from the copyright owner  \n◎2018by Order of Saint Benedict,Collegeville,Minnesota.All rights reserved.No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever,except brief quotations in reviews,without written permission of LiturgicalPress,Sain John's Abbey,PO Box7500,Collegeville,MN 56321-7500.Printedin the United States of America.  \nISSN:1552-8782  \nISBN:978-0-8146-4511-6978-0-8146-4536-9(ebook)  \nIntroduction  \nAt Mass one morning,a little boy sitting in the second pewwith his grandmother pointed to the Stations of the Crosshanging nearby,specifically the ninth station,Jesus falls athird time.A look of confusion and concern came across hisface and he furrowed his brow,as he tried to decipher whatwas going on in that scene.Finally,he said,\"He's crying.He's crying.\"Although most of us were focused on howadorable this little boy was,I foundmyself looking back overmy shoulder at the station to see what he saw:Jesus on theground,the weight of the cross on his shoulder,a Romansoldier towering over him.This is the journey we are aboutto begin as we stand on the threshold of Lent today.  \nThe road to Calvary over these forty days will be markedby confusion and concern,sadness,and,yes,even momentsof joy—not the passing happiness we think of when we hearthe word but purejoy,the kind that resides in our hearts whenwe put our trust in Jesus.The stories that mark our path fromhere until Easter are powerful and familiar,sometimes sofamiliar they fail to move us,or,more accurately,we fail to bemoved.We’ve heard it all before.There's nothing new here.Ah,but God makes all things new,and the Scriptures are alivewith the Spirit,who blows through the ancient ","cbCaicZTOeLj1IKG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicZTOeLj1IKG","pdf",3759306,114,"English","# Reflections\n## March 6: Ash Wednesday\n## A 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