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We\u2019re supposed to pray more in Lent. So pray more why dontcha? Here are \u00a0some ideas for kickstarting your Lenten Prayer life. 1.\u00a0Pray the Divine Office \u2013\u00a0The complete daily Divine Office consists of Morning Prayer, Mid Day Prayer, Evening Prayer, Office of Readings and Night Prayer. But if you\u2019re not a priest you don\u2019t have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":18414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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