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The Word of God · Francis Borgongini-Duca

  1. Third Sunday of Advent p. 15

    During this week, the Church begins the great novena for the Feast of Christmas, and she purifies herself by fasting for the coming of the Infant Savior.

  2. First Sunday of Lent p. 57

    Following the example of Jesus, Who for forty days fasted in the desert, the Church has instituted forty days of penance, in order to prepare the faithful for the festival of Easter, on which day they should rise to a holy life with the triumphant Savior.

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