Wednesday of the third week in lent

​Date: Wednesday,          
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We did not ask anyone to write a reflection for the Wednesdays in Lent in hopes that we will have enough participants to fill the other days. Please ponder this prayer.
This prayer is testimony that men and women are capable of much mercy and forgiveness even the amidst an ocean of cynicism and doubt. It reflects a depth of spirit almost beyond imagining. Written on a piece of wrapping paper, this prayer was found near the body of a dead child in Ravensbrück Camp. It’s estimated 92,000 women and children perished there during the Holocaust.
 
Ravensbrück Prayer: O Lord, remember not only the men and women of good will but also those of evil will. But do not remember all the suffering they have inflicted upon us; remember the fruits we have borne thanks to this suffering – our comradeship, our loyalty, our humility, our courage, our generosity, the greatness of heart which has grown out of all this; and when they come to the judgement, let all the fruits that we have borne be their forgiveness. Amen.
Karl Robert Bodek (1905–1942) and Kurt Conrad Löw (1914–1980) One Spring,1941
 

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