Lent is Upon Us!

Wow, I feel like such a bad Catholic mom (must be the Catholic guilt) when I look at some of these Catholic family websites and all they have planned for Lent!  Wow!...that is all I can say.  Handmade Stations of the Cross, Lenten decorations, specially prepared and lovely displayed dinners...wow.  And here I was proud that I have stocked up on the fish sticks, mac & cheese, and tomato soup.  I am happy I turned my daily Catholic calendar to the correct date and have successfully kept up with my daily meditation for the last three days!!  Our family will make every effort to make it to the weekly Stations of the Cross and help when we can at the chapel but I know our limitations and I just can't see myself having the energy to work as hard as some of these families seem too.  They must be awake until the wee hours of the morning pasting shiny jewels on their personalized Stations of the Cross sets.  Don't get me wrong, I think their hard work and love of the faith is most admirable.  It is kinda of like Olympic athletes. I loved watching the Olympics and seeing people succeed after their hard work but I don't think I'm going Luge or Curl anytime soon.  I love looking at these awesome Catholic blogs and they make me want to be a better Catholic and Catholic mother but again I know my limitations.  Oh well, God knows me and knows I am trying.  On that note I liked the meditation I read this morning (it was also the reading for today):
This, rather, is the fasting that I wish:
releasing those bound unjustly,
untying the thongs of the yoke,
Setting free the oppressed,
breaking every yoke;
Sharing your bread with the hungry,
sheltering the oppressed and the homeless;
Clothing the naked when you see them,
and not turning your back on your own.
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your wound shall quickly be healed.
--Isaiah 58:6-8.