As a Christian, I was saddened to read Allison Thompson’s letter regarding Lenten cafeteria fare (“Observing religion hard to do in cafs,”; SN 4/4).
I could only imagine her standing at the foot of the cross, complaining about the menu. I pray she’ll grow to understand the spiritual significance of suffering, for life will hand her more than she thinks she can bear at some point.
The sacrifice of a Lenten meal is lost when you have whine with it, especially in a world where 35,000 children die of starvation each day.
Pat Grauer
1976 graduate
