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Preparing My Heart for Lent: A Season with Jesus

For me, Lent is about stripping things down to what really matters… making space for God in the middle of my life as a wife, mom, and homemaker—not by piling on more to-do’s, but by letting the everyday become more intentional.

Lent means fasting… For the longest time, I thought fasting just wasn’t for me. Skipping meals? No way, not with two little kids and days that drain every ounce of energy. But then I came across something Saint Augustine said: “Not eating is not a virtue; but it is a virtue to refrain from eating for the sake of justice” (Sermon 207). That hit me. Maybe fasting isn’t about food right now, but about slowing down, letting go of hurry, choosing gratitude instead of frustration, cutting out the noise. Maybe it means stepping back from mindless scrolling—because honestly, social media can drain me more than hunger ever could.

And then there’s the Word, showing up like it always does, whispering what my heart needs to hear: “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). That’s the kind of Lent I want—less so I can have more… less so I can make space for Him.

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"Darkness can only be scattered by light; hatred can only be conquered by love." - #SaintJohnPaulII

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"Renounce yourself in order to follow Christ; discipline your body; do not pamper yourself, but love fasting." - #SaintBenedictofNursia #AshWednesday2025

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"Dear young people, you have many plans and dreams for the future. But, is Christ at the centre of each of your plans and dreams?" - #PopeFrancis #SeasonofLent #TheSeasonofLent

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"Without God, we cannot overcome evil. Only his love raises us up from within; only his tender love poured out into our hearts makes us free." - #PopeFrancis

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[dry-valleys]

[dry-valleys]

Here the hangman stops his cart:  Now the best of friends must part.  Fare you well, for ill fare I:  Live, lads, and I will die.  "Oh, at home had I but stayed  'Prenticed to my father's trade,  Had I stuck to plane and adze,  I had not been lost, my lads.  "Then I might have built perhaps  Gallows-trees for other chaps,  Never dangled on my own,  Had I left but ill alone.  "Now, you see, they hang me high,  And the people passing by  Stop to shake their fists and curse;  So 'tis come from ill to worse.  "Here hang I, and right and left  Two poor fellows hang for theft:  All the same's the luck we prove,  Though the midmost hangs for love.  "Comrades all, that stand and gaze,  Walk henceforth in other ways;  See my neck and save your own:  Comrades all, leave ill alone.  "Make some day a decent end,  Shrewder fellows than your friend.  Fare you well, for ill fare I:  Live lads, and I will die."

AE Housman