Pin ItLord, 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.
Entries Tagged as 'sacrifice'
The “What are you Doing for Lent?” Carnival
February 12th, 2010 · 26 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
Tags: Carnivals·discipline·Lent·prayer·sacrifice
Mary and Martha Moment: Time to Prepare for Lent!
February 9th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
Pin ItIt’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.
Mary and Martha Moment: Entering Holy Week
April 5th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Prayerful Kitchen
Pin ItI like to try to make Holy Week a time apart from the rest of the year, even a time apart from the rest of the world. I received a great comment on the post about decorating for Lent that is worthy of sharing for all of us to think about: I am revisiting [...]
No Sugar for Lent: a Mary and Martha Moment
March 15th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Do It Yourself, KS lifestyle, My Story
Pin ItGive Up or Do More? The query, “What are you giving up for Lent?” just doesn’t cut it with me. It falls short of recognizing the three-fold purpose of Lent: prayer, fasting, AND almsgiving. I always try to say, “What are you DOING for Lent?” and I used to post my third graders’ “Lenten [...]
Mary and Martha Moment: On Lenten Sacrifices
February 25th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments, Prayerful Kitchen
Pin ItMary and Martha Moment My Standard Sacrifice Since I was a child, I remember my father doing the same things for Lent every year. He would go to daily Mass and observe a modified fast by avoiding eating between meals. When I was in high school, I too began to eat only three meals [...]
