Well the house is clean of all the goodies! I talked to Will about giving up wine and that was a hard no. lol I didn’t fight him, I’m going to France for spring break anyways…sooo…yeah. But in all seriousness today begins another year of Lenten reflection. I try to thoughtfully add something each year to our Lenten traditions but spring is a difficult period for us, being right in the middle of Will’s tennis season. So we do what we can, and don’t sweat what we can’t.
Our current Lenten traditions:
- Ash Wednesday mass & ashes
- Breaking of our Ash Wednesday fast with dinner at Sushi Pop (Will & I have done this since before he was Catholic!)
- Not missing mass for ANY REASON (I
‘m actually really nervous this year because I’ll be a chaperone on a spring break trip and I am trying to figure out our schedule so I can sneak away, but as one of the chaperone’s that’s not all that feasible.I decided if I cannot pull away from my duties for an hour I will watch mass on the internet. Well thanks to coronavirus outbreak we did not go on the trip, but public masses are canceled so my plan B still stands.) - Making a light Mushroom Soup for Ash Wednesday lunch (as it is a fasting & meatless day)
- Ridding the house of sweets & showering my coworkers with the things I couldn’t finish eating
- Not eating sweets during Lent
- Giving up something for the 40 days (no cheating on Sundays)
- Adding a daily prayer
- Doing specific daily kindness for others
- Stations of the Cross on Fridays
- Meatless Fridays
So the list above is pretty run of the mill basic Catholic. I get it, I’m no superwoman but I’m trying. I am interested in decorating the house more for Lent à la Kendra Tierney at Catholic All Year (thinking a crown of thrones as a dining room table centerpiece, adding touches of purple…) We’ll see how that goes.
If you are interested in some of my previous blog posts on Lent then click below:
- Catholic Culture: 2019 Mardi Gras & Ash Wednesday
- Student Series! Palm Sunday
- Catholic Culture: Ash Wednesday Trumps Valentines Day
- Catholic Culture: Traveling during Lent
- Catholic Culture: Pre-Lenten Celebrations
JMF
