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Lent

I’ve given up sweets, alcohol and facebook for Lent this year.  The fast is going well.  I have only one problem.  Each Sunday, I indulge in the above mentioned, as Sundays are always feast days.  I’ve come to discover this year that I feel just ghastly by Sunday night.  I’m not sure if it’s the combination of sugar and alcohol, or if one is more the culprit than the other, but I think I might have to give one or both of them up on a more permanent basis.  

On wealth

simplyorthodox:

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Wealth should be seen less for its own qualities than for the human misery it stands for. The large rooms of which you are so proud are in fact your shame. They are big enough to hold parties, and also big enough to shut out the voice of the poor. The poor man cries before your house, and you pay no attention. There is your brother, naked, crying, and you stand there in a dilemma over a choice of carpets.

- St. Ambrose of Milan

doctorswithoutborders: Photos: Lebanon 2013 © Michael Goldfarb A Deteriorating Humanitarian Situation for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon The MSF report, “Misery Beyond the War Zone,” shows that many of the 220,000 Syrians who have sought refuge in Lebanon cannot obtain the health care they need, among other worrisome findings. The survey, which follows a similar study carried out by MSF last June, reveals a marked deterioration of the humanitarian situation for refugees and other displaced people in Lebanon, in large part due to extremely lengthy registration delays. Refugees in Lebanon are not entitled to formal assistance if they are not registered.
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doctorswithoutborders: Photos: Lebanon 2013 © Michael Goldfarb A Deteriorating Humanitarian Situation for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon The MSF report, “Misery Beyond the War Zone,” shows that many of the 220,000 Syrians who have sought refuge in Lebanon cannot obtain the health care they need, among other worrisome findings. The survey, which follows a similar study carried out by MSF last June, reveals a marked deterioration of the humanitarian situation for refugees and other displaced people in Lebanon, in large part due to extremely lengthy registration delays. Refugees in Lebanon are not entitled to formal assistance if they are not registered.
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doctorswithoutborders: Photos: Lebanon 2013 © Michael Goldfarb A Deteriorating Humanitarian Situation for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon The MSF report, “Misery Beyond the War Zone,” shows that many of the 220,000 Syrians who have sought refuge in Lebanon cannot obtain the health care they need, among other worrisome findings. The survey, which follows a similar study carried out by MSF last June, reveals a marked deterioration of the humanitarian situation for refugees and other displaced people in Lebanon, in large part due to extremely lengthy registration delays. Refugees in Lebanon are not entitled to formal assistance if they are not registered.
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doctorswithoutborders:

Photos: Lebanon 2013 © Michael Goldfarb

A Deteriorating Humanitarian Situation for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

The MSF report, “Misery Beyond the War Zone,” shows that many of the 220,000 Syrians who have sought refuge in Lebanon cannot obtain the health care they need, among other worrisome findings. The survey, which follows a similar study carried out by MSF last June, reveals a marked deterioration of the humanitarian situation for refugees and other displaced people in Lebanon, in large part due to extremely lengthy registration delays. Refugees in Lebanon are not entitled to formal assistance if they are not registered.

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