Category Archives: Lent
because I said I would . . .
I started some other post today, but it just didn’t go anywhere. So then I thought about taking Sundays off from my Lenten obligation observance. Because, you know, Lent doesn’t include Sundays. Because Sundays are the Lord’s Day. The day … Continue reading
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I don’t know why I ever make plans . . .
That can be the theme of my Lenten reflections, if my Lenten reflections take the direction I plan them to take. But I don’t know why I ever make plans, because, for example, here it is the first day of … Continue reading
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Lent again . . .
I’ll be honest. I kind of have an ambivalent relationship with the liturgical calendar. On the one hand, I like the rhythm it adds to the year, and I find value in our telling and retelling and telling again the … Continue reading
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Lent. Discipline. Or something like that . . .
I have this ambivalence about Lent. I grew up in a world of “When you are fasting, make sure you tell everyone you know and look miserable and pious all at the same time.” A philosophy in direct opposition to … Continue reading
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