As a Catholic Cowboy family who also includes our Christian
Cowboy neighbors who observe the Lenten Season, we invite you to enjoy our
posts during this season.
I hope to get some meatless recipes up, tips, ideas and
thoughts to make this season fulfilling as we try to live through the examples
Jesus gave us and become one with the suffering He endured for us. Tying all
things to His cross brings us closer to Him. So that, on Easter Sunday, we can
rejoice with all He has done for us and understand in a deeper way, the
sacrifices he endured for us!
As Catholics we observe what is called Ash Wednesday, where
we “Remember that thou art dust, and to
dust thou shalt return.”
As we contemplate our mortal lives, we think of our immortal
souls and how we can best keep from sin. Therefore, today is a day of
contemplation, abstinence and fasting.
It’s been known over the years that many give up chocolate…especially
as children. Remember that it is best to keep your sacrifice to yourself as
then, it becomes truly between you and God.
There is a very good sermon on how we can put into practice
in our daily lives the virtues of patience and temperance. Instead of waiting
for a moment to hit when we are unprepared and then we end up acting in the
heat of the moment in a way that we wished we had more self-control, why don’t
we practice daily so that we will act in the correct way when that moment hits
us? I think this is a splendid idea and many will be able to go on to think of
more ways of daily practice! Click here and listen to a wonderful talk on this subject.
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