{"id":12162,"date":"2014-02-19T11:38:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T16:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/?p=12162"},"modified":"2014-02-19T11:38:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T16:38:09","slug":"lent-is-on-its-way-here-are-three-ideas-to-get-you-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2014\/02\/19\/lent-is-on-its-way-here-are-three-ideas-to-get-you-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Lent is on its way! Here are three ideas to get you started."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

You guys. Lent starts March 5. There has been a lot<\/em> of ordinary time since the end of Christmas, so there is actually some time to prepare something this year, no excuses! \u00a0Here are three good places to start:<\/p>\n

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From the wonderful Fr. Robert Barron of Word on Fire<\/a>:<\/p>\n

FREE SERIES OF DAILY LENTEN REFLECTIONS<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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Just enter your email address and you will get a daily email starting on Ash Wednesday. \u00a0You can tell Fr. Barron is great because all the right people think he\u2019s the worst thing to happen to the Church since children stopped receiving mandatory preemptive whuppins in Latin before Mass on Sunday mornings.
\nFrom Kendra at Catholic All Year<\/a>:<\/p>\n

66 THINGS TO GIVE UP OR TAKE UP FOR LENT<\/a><\/h3>\n

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I am a sucker for anything that can be personalized, so I love this list: \u00a0it offers ideas for \u201cbeginner, intermediate, and advanced\u201d Lenten practices. \u00a0Some of them, I feel super duper because we\u2019re already doing them, and it\u2019s not even Lent! \u00a0But some of them, I\u2019d rather die than do, even if I were already dying and had to shape up quick. So I guess I need this list.<\/p>\n

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And also by Kendra Tierney, with Ignatius Press and Magnificat (which I guess is Magnatius? I\u2019m not sure if that\u2019s a joke or not!), for kids prepping for their first confession:<\/p>\n

A LITTLE BOOK ABOUT CONFESSION FOR CHILDREN<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Just got two copies in the mail today (thanks, Magnatius!), so I will be raffling off one on Friday \u2013 stay tuned! I do have a kid who is about six weeks away from her first confession, and we have . . . let us say . . . some progress still to be made. \u00a0Which is to say I\u2019m going to demonstrate<\/em> what a mortal sin is if he doesn\u2019t quit giving me such a hard time about catechism lessons. Whuppins!! \u00a0Whuppins in Latin. \u00a0But seriously, this book looks very good and solid. \u00a0Will give a more complete review with the raffle on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Okay, that\u2019s what I\u2019ve got so far. I have given zero thought to what my own personal devotions or sacrifices should be this year. Probably something about Facebook. Dammit. How about you?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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