Bishop Patricia A. Davenport asks: What are we going to take on this Lent? A reflection on Isaiah 58:6-9.

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“This is the kind of fast day I’m after:

to break the chains of injustice,

get rid of exploitation in the workplace,

free the oppressed,

cancel debts.

What I’m interested in seeing you do is:

sharing your food with the hungry,

inviting the homeless poor into your homes,

putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad,

being available to your own families.

Do this and the lights will turn on,

and your lives will turn around at once. (Isaiah 58:6-9, The Message)