The season of the Church Year seem to crowd in on each other the older I get. I feel like I've just put away the Christmas decorations and it is coming on Ash Wednesday. This year, I hope to enter into the season with more thought starting with giving friends and family round cut out cookies decorated with lavender and white icing for a sort of Mardi Gras gift. Round for the full circle of the Church Year and Christ's Eternity and lavender for the upcoming Lenten Season. I have the ingredients, got the food color, and just have to find the time and energy. Why aren't time and energy ever in the same place, anyway?
We abstain from meat Wednesdays and Fridays in Lent which doesn't sound all that hard until you have to think of nurishing yet meatless recipes TWICE a week. I guess that is part of my penance. It sure brings out my creativity.
I think too many people view Lent as a 'give up' season where you can't do this and you can't do that. A more positive approach might provide a more productive six weeks. AND, with Lent coming on, why does the altar boy cassock company run out of black cassocks?! They say it will take six to eight weeks to get my order. Great, just in time for Easter when we go back to red cassocks! My first 'sacrifice' of the season? : - )
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