Part Two of This Lenten Train is Bound for GloryMile High Stadium; DenverSo where were we?Ah, yes. We were in Palo Alto with my cousins and I was going through Complete Caffeine Withdrawal.As I was saying, a black cloud was descending over my head lower and lower and was threatening to consume my mood entirely when—through a sudden intervention of … [Read more...]
We interrupt your Friday
…to bring you the following announcement:I have turned off my comments for Lent.Except for Sundays.And best friends’ birthdays.I hadn’t planned on making a formal announcement because I thought that, given my excessive love of comments, my decision would be obvious.I am the sort of happily clueless person, by the way, who assumes that people get … [Read more...]
Lenten Meme
I have been tagged by Barbara and Matilda to participate in a Lenten meme. I am not worthy, but here goes.What is your favorite Sorrowful Mystery?It’s a bit funny, being asked which one of these is my “favorite.”I think that the 2nd Sorrowful Mystery is very powerful, given that the fruit of the mystery is “to atone for sins of the flesh” and said … [Read more...]
Words of Encouragement
Which, not surprisingly, come from Magnificat magazine:Lenten self-awareness can bring with it a temptation to give up before we have even begun the season in earnest. We may seem to have failed so badly, year after year, to grow in the love to which we are commanded. To abandon the struggle is to yield to the "enemy," the evil that urges us to … [Read more...]
The Fast and the Feast of It
No offense, but I need all the help I can get.Thank goodness for people like Laura who post amazingly helpful Lenten meditations like this one! You will be inspired; you will be encouraged; you will run to your printer for a copy.Have a blessed First Sunday of Lent! … [Read more...]
My Thoughts Exactly
My goal for today is to keep this thought before me: “To be perfect in our vocation is nothing else than to fulfill the duties which our state of life obliges us to perform, and to accomplish them well, and only for the honor and love of God.” (St. Francis de Sales)And also: “There is no sin or wrong that gives a man a foretaste of hell in this … [Read more...]
I Survived
Ash Wednesday.How 'bout you?Dead Soldier by JMB And after last night's pep talk (aka Ash Wednesday homily), I dragged myself off the battle field with renewed optimism and courage."Dead soldier?" you say."Dead to self," comes the reply.PS. Thank you, Jesus. … [Read more...]
Here. Have my Chocolate.
I’m sorry. Should I not be talking of chocolate?One last little pre-Lenten scene and it went something like this:My boys and I were sitting on my bed. They were showing me their new Cub Scout memorabilia and talking excitedly about their future plans: a merit badge here, another medal there.I looked at them with that mix of poignancy, pride and … [Read more...]
The Loveliness of Lent
Nissa took the words out of my mouth in saying that the The Loveliness of Lent is not an oxymoron. Read more about this beautiful, holy season at Simple Gifts and These Forty Days.“The holy season of Lent speaks to our daily struggles and sorrows, showing how the answer to all life’s troubles is found in the Mystery of Jesus Christ.“By spending a … [Read more...]
Fishers of Men
...is an awesome, amazing, inspiring film.Have you seen it yet? According to the publication The Catholic Servant, “Fishers of Men is being shown in seminaries, high schools, parishes and dioceses, at youth gatherings, and in private homes. Numerous young men have responded to the call to priesthood after viewing it, but it’s also affecting others … [Read more...]
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