1. Elinor Fettiplace's recipe book of 1604 contains another Lenten delicacy - almond cakes which were sweetened with aniseed.

2. The Lenten Rose, or Helleborus orientalis.

3. In the Lenten period, the Church makes it her duty to propose some specific tasks that accompany the faithful concretely in this process of interior renewal: these are prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

4. The Lenten practice of almsgiving thus becomes a means to deepen our Christian vocation.

5. Religious leaders opposed this Lenten ritual near Manila, but it has become one of the Philippine's top seasonal attractions.

6. Through God's grace, the Lenten disciplines can bring about growth in Christ-likeness.

7. Half the year was devoted to Lenten fasting prescribed by religion, and even marriage was discouraged.

8. The genus Helleborus includes plants that are commonly called "Christmas rose" and "Lenten rose".

9. All the banquet—the meat dishes and the Lenten fare alike—was sumptuous, but still he could not be perfectly at ease till the end of dinner.

10. The Lenten fast dictated that the simnel cake had to keep until Easter.

11. To aid you in your Lenten journey, I have placed on our library's reserve shelf a collection of articles that describe and explain the Lenten disciplines, along with a short bibliography.

12. My dear friends, during the Lenten season, are you willing to spend some time to meditate and pray?

13. Bread like what you only eat in March to keep the Lenten hunger pangs at bay.

14. University students summoned the courage to demonstrate for multi-party changes soon after the Lenten letter was read.

15. Spice and fruit breads, similar to hot cross buns, were typical Elizabethan Lenten fare.

16. They would have preferred to hear him preach his Lenten sermons on the necessity of self-discipline and the importance of fasting.

17. We forgive and we ask for forgiveness, ' the Pope, wearing the purple vestments of Lenten mourning, said in the homily at a moving and unprecedented ceremony in St Peter's Basilica.

18. Theological students should perish any thought about submitting a paper late with the excuse that a Lenten "prayer discipline" demanded too much time!

19. New Orleans is the focal point of Mardi Gras celebrations in the U.S. Read about the religious meanings of the Lenten Season.

20. Grotesque masks along in a burst of pre - Lenten revelry in Nice, France.

21. Every have our home suddenly recently towel gourd, my Mom says other have agriculture chemical, like eating this only so Lenten .

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22. I hope that those of you from churches with no Lenten practices will consider adopting the traditions of Lent for yourselves and for your churches.

23. Therefore, let us avoid any thought that ashes and Lenten disciplines are sure formulas for spiritual maturation.

24. Rather it is to highlight the freedom of these Lenten disciplines – the freedom we have for doing them, and the freedom we find in using them.

25. With these wishes, while assuring every believer and ecclesial community of my prayer for a fruitful Lenten journey, I cordially impart to all of you my Apostolic Blessing.

26. Please use these materials to shape and deepen your Lenten journey this year.