Failing Spectacularly at Lent
How often do you fail at Lent? For me, it’s a cycle and happens every 2-3 years. This post is about a lesson I have to re-learn every once in a while.
#WorthRevisiting: Lent
This #WorthRevisiting Wednesday, I found an old post about giving things up for Lent.
The Church Knows We’re Messing Up Lent
The Church knows that this is the week when Lent gets hard.
#WorthRevisiting: Failing Spectacularly at Lent
Lent isn’t about changing everything at once. It’s all about baby steps.
“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.”
There is real, healing power in the Sacrament of Confession, and I was reminded of that fact the last time I went.
Small Success Thursday: Days of Purple and White
Elsa’s been on the loose in Southwest Virginia, but that’s not keeping us from having Small Successses!
Seen Around the Web: Lenten Sacrifice
Originally posted on zeal4thefaith:
“Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church.” Colossians 1:24 (YOUCAT 230) Penance is making restitution or satisfaction for a wrong that has been…
Human Connections and Lenten Prayer
The CRS Rice Bowl app helps to humanize our Lenten sacrifices and alms-giving by showing us who we’re helping.
Small Success Thursday: Triduum Edition
Welcome to Small Success Thursday, hosted by CatholicMom.com! Take a moment to relish the little things that went right this week, and join in the fun! You can find links to more posts at the CatholicMom.com site. This week, I actually want to start with a follow up to last week: my older daughter’s Spring…
Failing Spectacularly at Lent
Everyone once in a while, I get REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEYING I WILL DO FOR LENT! Yes, it must be written in caps like that, too, because my brain is all I remember one year, I wanted to start to go to daily Mass, start a daily Rosary, read two different books…
Domestic Vocation 