Lent 2010
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Lenten season. Catholics like myself and other Christian faiths will spend the day fasting and abstaining from meat. Later tonight, I will be attending the Ash Wednesday Mass and having a mark of the cross made on my forehead with ashes.
But Ash Wednesday is not just about that, the Lenten season calls us into renewal with our faith. I was listening to Gus Lloyd on The Catholic Channel on SiriusXM and he uses the term Catholic bootcamp, I like that so I’ll use it. It’s a time to take stock of our lives and where we are at, not only for Catholics but for Christians in general.
As part of Lent it is a tradition to give up something(s) we like. For me that is games on Facebook, so no FarmVille, CafeWorld, Mafia Wars, Special Forces, or PetVille until Easter. What will I do with all that extra time? I have a book by Dr. Scott Hahn, Signs of Life. It’s a book about 40 Catholic customs and their Biblical roots. Get it? 40 days…40 Catholic customs for each day. I will also re-engage my prayer life which I have not done a great job in. Also will spend more time listening to Catholic podcasts and less on tech ones, unless it’s Father Roderick in which case he covers both so I’m in luck there. So happy Lent everybody!
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