What chronic illness can teach us during Lent
For people with chronic illness, ever-present pain reminds us that the point of Lent isn’t to suffer but to transform hurt.
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For people with chronic illness, ever-present pain reminds us that the point of Lent isn’t to suffer but to transform hurt.
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