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Quote/s of the Day – 16 February – Friday after Ash Wednesday

Planting a Lenten Garden

Five Rows of Squash:

1. Squash gossip
2. Squash indifference
3. Squash unkindness
4. Squash temper
5. Squash the idols of greed and lust

Six Rows of Peas:

1. Prayer
2. Penance
3. Perseverance
4. Purity
5. Patience
6. Politeness

Seven Heads of Lettuce:

1. Let us be unselfish
2. Let us be charitable
3. Let us be obedient
4. Let us be truthful
5. Let us be gentle and kind
6. Let us be repentant
7. Let us be renewed

No garden is complete without Turnips:

1. Turn up for Daily Mass
2. Turn up fo Eucharistic Adoration
3. Turn up for Daily Morning and Night Prayer

Conclude with Thyme:

Thyme with God, thyme for fasting, thyme for generosity and care of the poor, the sick, the suffering.

Water daily with patience
Feed with love
The Beloved Saviour will provide the growth.