Holy Island: A Lenten Pilgrimage to Lindisfarne

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Forward Movement, 1984 - Holy Island - 128 pages
A Lenten classic. Using his own pilgrimage to Lindisfarne as a point of departure, former Forward Movement editor James W. Kennedy makes Lent a "Holy Island" accessible to everyone. He explores the reaches of our thinking and doing, offering suggestions that will stimulate the process of spiritual enrichment.
 

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A Word about Islands
7
Lent Begins
11
First Week of Lent
18
Second Week of Lent
34
Third Week of Lent
51
Fourth Week of Lent
67
Passiontide Begins
85
Holy Week
102
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Page 12 - Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Page 17 - First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me and all the world. Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me and all mankind. Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me and all the elect people of God.
Page 12 - Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 13 - But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret. And thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

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