{"id":29614,"date":"2014-02-05T11:01:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T16:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=29614"},"modified":"2016-09-30T15:58:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T19:58:19","slug":"getting-ready-for-lent-theres-an-app-for-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2014\/02\/getting-ready-for-lent-theres-an-app-for-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting ready for Lent? There&#8217;s an app for that"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2014\/02\/p752349131-4.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29615\" title=\"p752349131-4\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2014\/02\/p752349131-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"630\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, Lent starts just a month from now, on March 5. And the folks at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crsricebowl.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CRS Rice Bowl<\/a><\/strong> are already on top of it.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve got an app for Lent\u2014available for both Android and iPhone\u2014to help make Lent more meaningful.<\/p>\n<p>According to their publicist, the app includes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Prayerful reflection for each day of Lent<\/li>\n<li>Customizable tool to set Lenten sacrifice goal and track progress towards its achievement<\/li>\n<li>Meatless recipes for Fridays during Lent<\/li>\n<li>Stories and videos of people who benefit from prayers and almsgiving to CRS Rice Bowl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Who wouldn\u2019t want that?<\/p>\n<p>Check out the app at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/crs-rice-bowl\/id783579588?mt=8\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">iTunes<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or for<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.littleiapps.crsricebowl&amp;hl=en\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Believe it or not, Lent starts just a month from now, on March 5. 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