Time for a mid-Lenten check! As we’re approximately halfway through Lent this week, it’s a good time to remind, reevaluate, and recommit.
Remind: What are your Lenten promises, anyway? Did you forget about any of them?
Reevaluate: How are you doing sticking with it? Are you letting anything fall by the wayside? Are your goals working [...]
When my almost-five-year-old son heard that Lent was coming, he exclaimed, “I remember Lent! I hate Lent!”
Surprised at his fervor, I fought to remain calm and detached myself and asked, “Oh? What do you remember about Lent that was so bad?”
“I don’t get desserts in Lent!” he fired back with an earthy groan.
No, we [...]
Lord, I don’t want to.
Please don’t make me do that.
I don’t think I need to give it up.
Please? I can handle it.
(hangs head)
To self: Just submit. Be the clay. Be the clay.
Tags: discipline·Lent·prayer·sacrifice
It’s coming.
Ash Wednesday sneaks up on me every year, no matter what month it’s found in.
It’s that time to prayerfully consider what sorts of prayer challenges, sacrifices, and works of service/almsgiving you are called to participate in this year.
There are little toys all over my house. It’s a professional hazard of having a toddler. I’m bound and determined to get her organized, and someday (when she’s 2) I’ll be able to teach her where everything goes.
Free Toy Storage with Bonus Vitamin C
How many toys did your kids get that came in a package [...]
Tags: Christmas·Christmas cards·prayer·reducing waste·repurposing·toy storage
It’s the first day of the new year in the Church. The liturgical calendar begins with Advent, a time of waiting in the darkness of the winter for the Light of Christ to come and be with us on Christmas. It is a season filled with beautiful symbols of light, darkness, life, repentance and faith. [...]
Tags: Advent·devotionals·prayer
Oh, how blessed I am to be able to attend daily Mass once a week! I like to make a habit of going to the school Mass, because my son likes the jazzy music. (He used to dance in the aisles when he was 18-24 mos. and became sort of a legend.) I can think [...]
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