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email clients. */
/* Beware: It can remove the padding / margin and add a background
color to the compose a reply window. */
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body {
Margin: 0 !important;
padding: 0 !important;
height: 100% !important;
width: 100% !important;
text-align: center;
}

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* {
-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
}

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div[style*="margin: 16px 0"] {
margin:0 !important;
}

/* What it does: Stops Outlook from adding extra spacing to tables.
*/
table,
td {
mso-table-lspace: 0pt !important;
mso-table-rspace: 0pt !important;
}

/* What it does: Fixes webkit padding issue. Fix for Yahoo mail table
alignment bug. Applies table-layout to the first 2 tables then removes
for anything nested deeper. */
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border-spacing: 0 !important;
border-collapse: collapse !important;
table-layout: fixed !important;
Margin: 0 auto !important;
}
table table table {
table-layout: auto;
}

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in IE. */
img {
-ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic;
}

/* What it does: Overrides styles added when Yahoo's auto-senses a
link. */
.yshortcuts a {
border-bottom: none !important;
}

/* What it does: A work-around for iOS meddling in triggered links.
*/
.mobile-link footer a,
a[x-apple-data-detectors] {
color:inherit !important;
text-decoration: underline !important;
}
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.button-a {
transition: all 100ms ease-in;
}
.button-td:hover,
.button-a:hover {
background: #555555 !important;
border-color: #555555 !important;
}

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@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {

.email-container {
width: 100% !important;
}

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container. Useful for resizing images beyond their max-width. */
.fluid,
.fluid-centered {
max-width: 100% !important;
height: auto !important;
Margin-left: auto !important;
Margin-right: auto !important;
}
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Margin-left: auto !important;
Margin-right: auto !important;
}

/* What it does: Forces table cells into full-width rows. */
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display: block !important;
width: 100% !important;
max-width: 100% !important;
direction: ltr !important;
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text-align: center !important;
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display: block !important;
Margin-left: auto !important;
Margin-right: auto !important;
float: none !important;
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display: inline-block !important;
}

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background-color: #fff;
width: 100%;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
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color:#7A9534;
}

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color: #4F4293; padding-bottom:0px; padding-top: 15px;
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Catholic Charities USA


Tuesday of Holy Week

Today's Lectionary Readings
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Here we are on Tuesday of Holy Week!  We can see Lent's
finish line straight ahead, and we look forward to crossing it very
soon.

Today's reading from Isaiah has all the elements of an
impassioned victory speech-perfect for crossing that finish
line.  The prophet praises God who has not only protected him,
but also rewarded and strengthened him, making him "a
sharp-edged sword," a "polished arrow," and "a
light to the nations." 

Could the same be said of us as we approach the end of these 40
days?  Have we surrendered to the Lord and allowed the Lord to
prepare and fortify us for the journey beyond this Lenten season?

For me, the answer is "not so much."

I tend to identify more with Judas and Peter in today's gospel
scene.  Both men, to different degrees, will disappoint Jesus in
the hours before his crucifixion.  I know that I, too, have
disappointed Jesus this Lent.  Although I vowed to pray more
during this holy season, I wasn't always present in heart and
mind during those times of prayer.  Although I decided to spend
less time on my phone, I spent more time binging whatever series was
trending on Netflix.  In my efforts to get myself in good order
during Lent through self-reflection, I may have ignored those around
me who are hurting.  And, as you well know, there are many people
who are hurting right now.

However, to dwell on "what I've failed to do" is an
exercise in futility.  I'm ready to cross the 2023 Lenten
finish line-blisters, bruises, and all-because I know
there is another finish line in the distance I will cross when my life
on this earth ends.  The distance in-between those finish lines
is where I can practice being the person God wants me to be:  a
person who is centered when I pray; a person who uses her time
productively in building up the Kingdom of God; a person who shares
hope with the hopeless.  When I fail, I can always begin again,
confident that God who "called me from birth" will look
upon me with mercy and grant me the ultimate prize of eternal life as
I cross the final finish line.

Rachel A. Hrbolich is Director of Catholic Charities, Diocese of
Youngstown.

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