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The spiritual discipline of this day involves trust.\u00a0 Suspended between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, much of life is like this day.<\/p>\n

We live with tragedy and loss, but not as people without hope.<\/p>\n

God is at work in the world.\u00a0 Resurrection is on the way.\u00a0 Waiting hopefully, means trusting that God is with us, though everything else may suggest otherwise.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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