1Cry out full-throated and unsparingly, lift up your voice like a trumpet blast; Tell my people their wickedness, and the house of Jacob their sins. 2They seek me day after day, and desire to know my ways, Like a nation that has done what is just and not abandoned the law of their God; [...]
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I missed it when she posted it originally. It’s beautiful, and captures perfectly what this Lenten season is about (at least for me): Something to Think About This Lent An excerpt: FAST from unrelenting pressures; FEAST on unceasing prayer. FAST from the seeming darkness; FEAST on the realities of light. FAST from problems that overwhelm; FEAST on prayer that [...] … to blog about it. I wish now I had taken pictures. Two bookshelves in the living room done, the buffet done, the china cabinet done. Whew! I was going to do cookbooks today but ran out of time and energy. I took something like 30 books out of [...] This is something my CFC-FFL sister Cynthia shared with us last Sunday. It’s particularly apt for me as I work on being MORE LOVING this Lent, and less exacting. It’s a reminder I need for my everyday dealing with family members, with extended family, with friends online and off, and yes, even with strangers. [...] O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me. From the desire of being loved… ’cause it might not be the cross He designed for you… The past few days’ meditations/readings have been striking me as very similar to this message. I’m Ms. Make-It-More-Complicated-Than-It-Has-To-Be. If I would just pick up the cross *He* has picked for me, instead of trying out every other cross I see that “just might [...] - Whew. Two days. Of not going to my usual killing-time sites. I am still reading Catholic blogs and websites, mostly for Lenten inspiration and meditation, but I’ve been staying away from sites that don’t bring me any closer to Heaven. Praying I’ll be able to persevere for the rest of [...] Good friend e-mailed last night and asked what Lent looks like in our home, and I realized I hadn’t gotten around to putting our plans here. And since putting stuff here helps us with accountability…. what we do, or at least try to do, in no particular order: - purple tablecloth at the dinner table |
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