“HIS only bed must be of stone. Here he is to spend forty days; after which, He will permit the angels to visit Him and bring Him food.

“Thus does our Savior go before us on the holy path of Lent. He has borne all its fatigues and hardships, that so we, when called upon to tread the narrow way of our lenten penance, might have His example wherewith to silence the excuses, and sophisms, and repugnances, of self-love and pride.”

— Dom Prosper Guéranger, The Liturgical Year

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