Passionate Approach to Lent Helps Feed the Hungry
Labels Are For Jars Releases Thought-Provoking Lent Guide
Lawrence, MA (PRWEB) February 5, 2005 -- Labels Are For Jars, the
cutting-edge effort to serve some of the neediest families in Massachusetts, has
released a 2005 Lent Guide as a vehicle to help feed the hungry. The Lent Guide
combines insightful commentary and questions for meditation with a creative
how-to solution for directing Lenten energy toward feeding the hungry.
While it is easy for Lent to be a time for making personal choices like
abstaining from chocolate or smoking, Lent is not meant to be a season of
solitary sacrifice. Lent is a time during which Christians traditionally reflect
on how they might increase their outreach to those in need. Labels Are For Jars’
Lent Guide offers daily ideas, insights, and options for directly helping to
feed the hungry.
“The response to Labels has been tremendously positive.
It’s amazing to see how eager people are to help feed our hungry brothers and
sisters,” explains Father Paul B. O’Brien, chairman of the Labels Are For Jars
central committee and pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence.
“In
Lawrence today, thousands of people don’t have the resources to adequately feed
themselves. Our almsgiving through Labels this Lent gives us the opportunity to
sacrifice some of our resources to directly change the world for our hungry
brothers and sisters.”
Three disciplines are traditionally embraced
during Lent: prayer, almsgiving, and fasting. None of these disciplines is an
end in itself. Rather, each serves the purpose of putting material things in
proper perspective and opening us more to the love, mercy, and peace of God.
Labels’ Lent Guide offers a dynamic way of connecting spiritually with God and
connecting practically with families who do not have enough food to
eat.
All who are interested in considering the Labels Guide for personal
use during Lent may freely download it from www.labelsareforjars.org. Click the “Lent Guide” link at the
bottom of the home page.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/2/prweb205397.htm