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Posted: Fri Feb 1st, 2008 12:21 am |
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As many of you know, Lent is quickly approaching. Easter is early this year (I heard that it's actually the earliest it can ever be? I haven't double-checked that) and Ash Wednesday is on February 6th-- less than a week away.
I'm beginning to toy around with what I might be "giving up" this year. Something I read lately has got me really thinking. I want to truly be able to sacrifice something. Not just give something up that really doesn't mean a lot to me. And I don't want to 'stop loving' what it is I give up, in the sense of making excuses as to why I'm giving it up or why I shouldn't want or need it. That seems to take away from the true sense of sacrifice. So often, when we give something up, we think to ourselves or attempt to convince ourselves that we didn't really love it in the first place, or that we are better off without it. I want my sacrifice to be one of faith, like Abraham's. He was called to sacrifice his own, beloved son, whom he loved and in whom all hope rested. Even as he made to take his own son's life, he loved him. THAT is a sacrifice of faith.
And of course, as we all know, this, Abraham's Sacrifice, is a foreshadowing or precurser of Christ's sacrifice. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son" (John 3:16).
I want to immitate that type of sacrifice, so that one day I may be able to offer myself up so completely to God, while still loving both God and myself (something I struggle with).
Sometimes I think Lent becomes the chance for a re-do on New Years resolutions. You know, the "I'm giving up sweets and chocolate and soda because it's bad for me". Not saying that it's a bad thing to do. Plenty of people do make those types of sacrifices. I guess I'm just looking to go in a slightly different direction this year.
Enough of my rambling! To the real purpose of this post... I am curious as to what you all do for Lent. I am not very well edified in Lenten practices or what most people give up (besides sweets, lol). And I'm also kinda-sorta looking for some ideas. 
So, share. What are you giving up/doing for Lent this year? What have you done in the past that has been beneficial?
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Posted: Fri Feb 1st, 2008 12:57 am |
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| Kayla, that was a very thoughtful post and has made me think a little harder about how I can do a real penance, and offer my suffering through it to the Lord. Like you said, I have often said I would give up something trivial, that wouldn't send me around the bend by Easter. But I have to confess, I have never made it to Easter with anything I've given up, even small stuff like favorite candy or less TV. I will have to think about this and come back to it with a penance befitting someone who claims to be on a road of spiritual growth! Thanks for the food for thought. God bless
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Posted: Fri Feb 1st, 2008 12:58 am |
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| As often as I give something up ie reading for pleasure as opposed to necessary reading or foods etc. I am more apt to add- extra lenten meditational readings etc. This year I intend to pray the Hours morediligently morning and evening at a minimum.
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Posted: Fri Feb 1st, 2008 02:07 am |
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| We heard a really good talk on letting go of our faults this past Saturday at our Oblate meeting. We were each given rocks to hold and explained how the rocks were our faults. If we were clutching our faults, we couldn't open our hands to recieve blessings or help others. It was also pointed out that sometimes friends had to pry open our fingers if we were reluctant to give up our faults. In this same vein, we were told that we should consider asking someone who knew us well and wouldn be honest to tell us what we needed to give up for Lent, as it often was very different from what we would pick but much more beneficial for our souls. I had a plan but asked my oldest daughter who often has some perceptive insights into my motives what I should work on. Woof! I almost wish I hadn't asked but it is true that what she picked is something I really struggle with. I still have to send in my lenten form to the monastary for approval by the prioress(oblates are connected to a particular monastary) but I think my daughter may have been right. It was a bad attitude I can't seem to shake and not something easy to change like giving a few more dollars or giving up a meal.
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| mrsbmoo, not to change the topic, would you take a few minutes and go to the Carmelite thread, and share a little with us about being an Oblate? A few of us are interested in doing that. Thanks!
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Posted: Fri Feb 1st, 2008 03:41 am |
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I might give up fish for lent. 
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Posted: Fri Feb 1st, 2008 03:58 am |
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Well, last year I gave up caffeine... I also fasted for real. I maintained the old-school fast: nothing but water from midnight until reception of Holy Communion (on days when I was going to mass). That meant Mondays were really penitential: Mass was at 7:00 PM! I ended up losing a lot of weight, but that was secondary: I was praying the Divine Office every day, going to Mass 6 days a week (no daily Mass on Saturday at my parish), and disciplining my body.
This year, I'll be fasting and praying and doing penance again. Probably very much in the same manner.
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Posted: Fri Feb 1st, 2008 05:13 am |
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Frankly, as a diabetic heart patient who has already quit smoking, there's not an awful lot left to give up.
I try to attend the Way of the Cross when I can.
I try to be less judgmental and more courteous in traffic and in life, and to be more present to those around me who seem saddened or ill.
I try to fast between meals (when my blood sugar allows it) but I do that pretty much all the time anyway.
I try to make choices that are less pleasurable. For example, I might eat a fast-food fish sandwich or a tuna sub on a Friday instead of a south Louisiana seafood platter. (Believe me, THAT's a sacrifice!!) I also try to increase my offerings to the church and to the poor.
Most of all, I just try to be more mindful of others and of my own shortcomings, and make a greater effort to avoid even venial sins. From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday I essentially move into our church and take care of all the practices and planning and orchestrating all the services (meaning I assist at the altar, train the altar servers, plan the processions, make sure everything is prepared, etc. so our priest can concentrate on the liturgy).
The best sacrifice is one that makes you a better person. I try to be a better person on Easter Sunday than I was on Ash Wednesday.
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Posted: Fri Feb 1st, 2008 12:34 pm |
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CajunRick wrote:The best sacrifice is one that makes you a better person. I try to be a better person on Easter Sunday than I was on Ash Wednesday.
This is what I strive for as well. Generally I spend more time in prayer and trying to be less selfish. Actually, that is my next big me thing to work on. I've done pretty well with gossip and judging people, but I don't know if I can give up me-stuff
Last year my younger son and I learned and prayed the Rosary daily. We also cut way back on his screen time. I'm still trying to hash out what we can do this year.
I am encouraging my dd to fast on Friday's. She loves to say that since she isn't old enough, she doesn't have to. So that makes me want to make her for her just saying that IMO, there is no reason in the world why she can't. {rolls eyes at her} LOL
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EMarshallBuckles
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Posted: Fri Feb 1st, 2008 03:51 pm |
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Well, like Rick, I too am diabetic (type 2 controlled by Actos medication), however, I still indulge, from time to time, in chocolate. In years past, before I became diabetic, I would try giving up chocolate for Lent and it was always a major struggle especially on my birthday when I would end up having some chocolate cake. This year, however, Easter comes the day before my birthday so the chocolate cake would not be a problem although my physician would frown upon it. Of course, I could give up Diet Coke, my beverage of choice, especially since it has been found that caffeine beverages actually raise blood sugar (DARN IT)! Of course, if I gave up both chocolate AND Diet Coke (my only vices), I would be writing this to you with a crayon from a psychiatric unit somewhere because I would have gone bonkers without them. I dunno, maybe I should pray for deliverance from chocolate and caffeine! SIGH!!! :?
By the way, wonder what about the mice in Kayla's residence hall?! Wonder if they will give up cheese for Lent?!
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Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 05:16 pm |
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| I have thought a lot about this, and how I need to take it seriously right now more than before. I am going to limit my posting here during Lent. I think I need to listen more and talk less! Many monasteries impose silence during a part of the day for prayer and meditation. They must have a good reason for it, it is fairly common! I will continue to read as usual and probably only post in the prayer request forum, until Easter. I get a lot of enjoyment from making comments here but they are not always well thought out or necessary. So this is an exercise in control for me and the Lord knows why. So for a few weeks, I'll be silently reading, and biting my tongue . . . !
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Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 05:27 pm |
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Our bishop's homily Saturday (he was visiting our parish) was about "giving up for Lent". He said the question we need to ask ourselves is if, after Lent is over, we are better for what we've done: better Christians, better Catholics, better people. He said we need to evaluate at the end of Lent to see how we have improved as a result of our activities during Lent and if we see no improvement, he said we need to try something different next year.
He suggested taking the eight beatitudes (from Sunday's gospel) and work on one a year. This year, try to be "poor in spirit", etc., but after Lent is over, don't return to our prior ways but integrate the changes into our lives. Then, at the end of eight years, we will have all the blessings Jesus promised in the beatitudes.
In other words, it's not sacrifice for its own sake. The idea is not deprivation but conversion. Whatever acts we choose for Lent, whether it is giving up something or adding something extra, it needs to make a difference in our lives that will be with us long after Easter has passed.
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Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 06:02 pm |
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CajunRick wrote: Frankly, as a diabetic heart patient who has already quit smoking, there's not an awful lot left to give up.
I try to attend the Way of the Cross when I can.
I try to be less judgmental and more courteous in traffic and in life, and to be more present to those around me who seem saddened or ill.
I try to fast between meals (when my blood sugar allows it) but I do that pretty much all the time anyway.
I try to make choices that are less pleasurable. For example, I might eat a fast-food fish sandwich or a tuna sub on a Friday instead of a south Louisiana seafood platter. (Believe me, THAT's a sacrifice!!) I also try to increase my offerings to the church and to the poor.
Most of all, I just try to be more mindful of others and of my own shortcomings, and make a greater effort to avoid even venial sins. From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday I essentially move into our church and take care of all the practices and planning and orchestrating all the services (meaning I assist at the altar, train the altar servers, plan the processions, make sure everything is prepared, etc. so our priest can concentrate on the liturgy).
The best sacrifice is one that makes you a better person. I try to be a better person on Easter Sunday than I was on Ash Wednesday.
Perhaps you could let go of your LSU pride and admit they cheated, and confess OSU is the better team!
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Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 06:06 pm |
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Candlemass wrote: Perhaps you could let go of your LSU pride and admit they cheated, and confess OSU is the better team!
In the true spirit of Lent, I will forgive your ignorance. 
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Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 06:12 pm |
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Just this morning I read in a devotional to not be too quick to give up the usual things, but to pray and ask the Lord "What would be good for me to do this Lent?" I prayed, and was impressed to pray daily for friends who have fallen away from the Catholic Church. Having only recently come out of Protestantism, I have quite a list of friends who formerly were Catholic and now are in Protestant churches. I wrote out the list, and I have 14 people to pray for during Lent!
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Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 07:00 pm |
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I'm not completely done thinking about it, but I know one thing I'm going to do for Lent (and try to keep doing afterwards). I'm going to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy in the car on my way to work every morning. The trip is just about the right length time-wise (I did it this morning ;-). I'm going to use the prayer for sinners in it, and I am going to pray for various intentions. One major intention will be for the conversion of my family; I'm sure others will arise during the month.
So that's one thing to add. I haven't decided what to "give up". Last year I gave up chocolate. It was hard but I did it and felt good about it. But giving up chocolate just doesn't seem like the right move this year. I don't think it's quite "enough", since I already know I can do it.
At RCIA on Sunday we got a "little black book". The meditations started yesterday -- with making your plan.
I'm going to pray about it some more...
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Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 07:19 pm |
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Often I give up French fries for Lent because it is my favorite food (i.e., when they are cooked right!). Sometimes I give up chocolate or ice cream (i.e., sugar-free versions, because I try to not eat much white sugar, and substitute honey, fruit juice, barley malt, etc., for sweeteners). This year I got the idea of giving up late night snacks, whatever they are. This may not seem like much, but I have hypoglycemia, and that often means that one must eat a snack not too long before bed, to keep the blood sugar level up through the night till breakfast.
So I figure, maybe, no snacks after 10 (or 9). I still need a little something after dinner. But, seeing that I am up many nights till 3 AM or even later, this will require sacrifice because oftentimes during those hours I crave certain foods and think about 'em over and over (as with most cravings). I also could get many mild headaches due to the adjustment. I want to turn that to spiritual good by the denial involved. The more we deny ourselves, the better, I figure. I can always just drink some (boring) milk if I need the protein to offeset a low blood sugar headache.
Also, I've been working very hard on a series about the English Catholic martyrs, and will be compiling several new papers about various aspects of what went on in England in the 16th and 17th centuries and how horribly Catholics were persecuted. It is a great thing during Lent to ponder how these glorious martyrs nobly gave up their lives and underwent ghastly tortures, rather than deny the faith (and especially the papacy). I'll be posting on this board these short stories of martyrs and description of the penal laws and persecutions shortly. I hope that people find them as edifying and inspiring as I have found them to be.
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Dave Armstrong wrote: Also, I've been working very hard on a series about the English Catholic martyrs, and will be compiling several new papers about various aspects of what went on in England in the 16th and 17th centuries and how horribly Catholics were persecuted. It is a great thing during Lent to ponder how these glorious martyrs nobly gave up their lives and underwent ghastly tortures, rather than deny the faith (and especially the papacy). I'll be posting on this board these short stories of martyrs and description of the penal laws and persecutions shortly. I hope that people find them as edifying and inspiring as I have found them to be.
Your mention of your series about English Catholic martyrs reminded me, I was reading a biography about William Shakespeare last year - cant think of the author and title just now, however, it was fairly recently published - in which the author put forth a fairly good case, I thought, that Shakespeare was a "closet Catholic"! And, indeed, I have to suspect that the author was probably correct!
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I was reading a biography about William Shakespeare last year - cant think of the author and title just now, however, it was fairly recently published - in which the author put forth a fairly good case, I thought, that Shakespeare was a "closet Catholic"!
There is a great deal of evidence that he was indeed a Catholic. For example:
How Catholic Was Shakespeare?
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Religion of Shakespeare
Was Shakespeare Catholic?
Shakespeare and the Catholic question
Shakespeare and the Catholic network
New light on Shakespeare's Catholicism
Shakespeare Scholars Say the Bard was ... Catholic?
Scholar argues that Shakespeare was Catholic
Shakespeare's religion - Wikipedia
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Posted: Wed Feb 6th, 2008 02:22 am |
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Well, I think I've got what I'll be doing figured out (and just in time, too). Thanks for the ideas and the sharing!
Prayer
Morning/Evening prayer
1/2 hour with the Blessed Sacrament each day
Divine Mercy Chaplet on Fridays
Fasting
Facebook (except for posting a weekly reflection on Sundays)
Desserts/Soda
Daily acts of various self-denials
Almsgiving
Writing weekly reflections
Keeping eyes/ears open for opportunities to give (time or money or talents)
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This prayer might be of help, especially if done before an icon with prostrations. If you cannot do a full prostration, then do a full bow from the waist. The bow lays the heart prostrate before God.
Lenten Prayer Of St. Ephrem The Syrian
O Lord and Master of my life!
Take from me the spirit of sloth,
faint-heartedness, lust of power, and idle talk. (+ then prostrate)
But give rather the spirit of chastity,
humility, patience, and love to Thy servant. (+ then prostrate)
Yea, Lord and King! Grant me to see my own errors
and not to judge my brother,
for Thou art blessed unto ages of ages. Amen. (+ then prostrate)
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Here's mine:
Prayer -- The Chaplet of Divine Mercy in the car on the way to work every weekday, and first thing in the morning on the weekend.
Fasting -- Coffee only in the morning (not all day!), no salty snacks (popcorn with butter and salt is my favorite) period...
Almsgiving -- Still working on this one. I am volunteering for a benefit this Friday evening. I am going to do the March for Babies (March of Dimes) this year, but it doesn't happen until later.
I have determined to be open to opportunities to share money, time, and resources with others around me who need my help.
I think we are supposed to bring our plan to Church tonight. RCIA is meeting at 5, and the Mass doesn't start until 7.
Pax,
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| The only decision I've made thus far is to fast today, save for slimfast shakes and liquids.
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I've decided to give up beef. So last night I had a chili-cheeseburger at the local grease-pit. I used to not eat beef, but I began craving hamburgers with my last pregnancy almost 7 (!) years ago. Since then I've been the Burger Queen! And it is definitely showed itself on my waist and heavens knows where inside! So I'm looking at this as a way to being more healthy and taking care of my temple.
Also I told the kids that I hoped they would abstain on Fridays, even though they are undreage. Right now they are eager to do this!
And I promised the kids we'd make time each night for family rosary that we unfortunately dropped somewhere in the hectic season of Advent and haven't begun again.
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