Saints for LENT. Bernadette McCarver Snyder

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1 ns f LENT ve ns e c n Bendee Mcve nyde

2 Wh Is Len e ns v Anywy? e I s e sep sde nd c lk nsde! Insde n whee? Insde yu! Fu hundeds nd ehundeds f l p yes, he huch hs se sde 40 dys ech ye py nd fs nd s specl e f hsns Of cuse, we shuld d he p. gve ney h ll ye lng, bu Len ends us d nw! Len cn be sece gden plce be que nd hnk bu Gd nd Gd s gdness e sp, lk nd lsen n ppuny pln hw yu cn use yu nd nd he knw Gd, lve Gd, seve Gd nd be fends wh Gd. -2-

3 We ffe hs bkle s Lenen wy bece cquned wh few snly peple whse lves e gd le dels f dy s chlden. These sns wee dny peple wh lened hw wk nd py n n exdny wy. I s pn f chlden knw h hs s he ue wy chnge he wld n by supehun fes f deng-d, bu by dny lves lved n n exdny wy. Ech sy ends wh pye-hugh seve s Lenen eslun. Ths s bkle f des nd dels n jus f Len, bu f lfee. ve ns e c WJus n Mnue! u le p D yu hnk sns wee bng peple wh knew el lfe, el nhng bu wk nd el dven ues? W jus nue! Yu gh be supsed when yu he he ses. And wll ke jus nue ed ech ne. -3-

4 Wuld n Hve Dg f Bdygud? Jhn Bsc lked pcncs, cbcs, usc. He even knew hw wlk n ghpe nd d gc cks! Mybe h s why chlden lved h s uch! When he ws yung pes n Ily, he k n ld bn nd de n he f p bys wh hd nwhee lve. Ths ws he fs f ny hes, wkshps nd schls he funded s h negleced chlden culd be educed nd len hw lve gd, hsn lves. ve ns e c n -4-

5 One dy, hef cked Jhn Bsc, bu huge sy dg ce u f nwhee fgh ff he bbe. Afe h, he dg Gg bece he sn s fend nd bdygud, defendng h f dnge. W-heed, lvble Jhn Bsc neve hd enugh ney, bu he lwys hd pleny f fends. De Jesus, help e be lke. Jhn Bsc lwys edy be fend, lwys edy enjy lfe wh usc nd lughe nd lle b f gc. ve ns e c n Wuld n u Lve le n p Wld nd Fne Pgs? Feed Hve yu seen ves f he Wld Wes dys, when wns hd d ds, lg cbns, cwbys nd Indns? Th s he knd f plce whee nun ned Rse Phlppne Duchesne wen s schl. He welhy fly lved n n elegn he n Fnce, bu she decded gve up eveyhng -5-

6 ve ns e c n g Aec s ssny nd wk wh he Indns. When she g Mssu, fne lfe ws vey hd, bu she lwys vluneeed d he ws jbs, such s feedng he pgs nd sng he fs fes n wne nngs. ees ws s cld n he h he nk fze n he pen when she ed we lee! Bu Mhe Duchesne ws wndeful eche nd hppy n he wk, nd she bece fus f penng he fs fee schl wes f he Msssspp Rve. he ws cnnzed sn n

7 De Jesus, help e be lke. Phlppne Duchesne wllng vlunee d hd jbs, y new hngs nd juney fh new dvenues nd new fnes. Wuld n Be uus nd Bece cens? ve ns e nc A lng e g when eveybdy beleved he eh ws fl, Albe he Ge pved hs sudens h ws und! He ws ne f he fs scenss nd ne f he gees even hugh he lved befe he nvenn f elescpes, cscpes nd he ls f scence. -7-

8 ns f LENT ns f Len wll enhll chlden s hey len h he sns wee l lke hey e! The sns hd ny f he se suggles nd fes nd hey ween bn sns! Ths efeshng nd enggng bkle ncludes pyes nd shws hw he sns lved vey dny ye hly lves. hlden (nd pehps even duls!) wll be exced see h hey cn lve snly lves,, especlly dung Len! ve ns e c n Ths bk, lng wh ny he eve uncns f he Psh pducs, s vlble n nd By Bendee Mcve nyde. Illusns by Jeff nehl. Desgn by Je Wy eve uncns f he Psh, Dvsn f Byd, Inc., 1564 Fencp D., Fenn, MO All ghs eseved. Pned n he UA. T8