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UK Government matches Give It Up! Lent donations pound for pound

The UK Government will match fund donations from individuals for our Give It Up! Lent Appeal, which means that every time you donate a pound, the Government will too.

UK Aid Match takes CAFOD Lent Appeal to £18.6 million

Tens of thousands of families in the developing world will have clean water, better toilets, and improved health, thanks to your amazing generosity, matched by the UK government during Lent 2012.

Wednesday 13 February: Ash Wednesday

Today's reading: 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2
"So we are ambassadors for Christ"

Friday 15 February

Today’s reading: Isaiah 58:1-9
“Is not this the sort of fast that pleases me: to break unjust fetters, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break all yokes? Is it not sharing your food with the hungry, and sheltering the homeless poor; if you see someone lacking clothes, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own kin?”

Sunday 17 February

Today’s reading: Luke 4:1-13
“During that time he ate nothing and at the end he was hungry. Then the devil said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to turn into a loaf.’ But Jesus replied, ‘Scripture says: Human beings live not on bread alone.’”