{"id":6761,"date":"2012-02-21T21:45:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T02:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=6761"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:12:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:12:20","slug":"back-in-port-on-shore-leave-gone-readin-and-prayin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2012\/02\/back-in-port-on-shore-leave-gone-readin-and-prayin.html","title":{"rendered":"Back in Port, On Shore Leave, Gone Readin’ and Prayin’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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This is your Captain speaking. I have to inform you that the cruise we\u2019ve been on since October has come to a close. All ammunition, food and water was expended, and we made it back to port just in time for a wee bout of shore leave.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent will be upon us. Do you know what I\u2019m going to do? I\u2019m going to go celebrate this penitential fast like a Catholic, which is to say, all.the.way. This evening, I had steaks and beers, though, and tomorrow, my family and I will head off to have our foreheads marked with an ashen sign of contradiction.<\/p>\n

As a heads up, I figure to be away from the ship until March 1st or so. That will give me plenty of time to dig deep into the mysteries of Lent, without boring you all to death with redundant posts that are probably better off being written by other bloggers anyway. Like these fine folks. <\/a><\/p>\n

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Your Intrepid Bloggers Nightstand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No, I need to head to a cave or something similar, and bring a torch because I have a ton of reading and praying to do, and I\u2019ll remember all of you in my prayers. I doubt if I\u2019ll finishing reading all these books in the next 8-9 days, though, but I\u2019ll have a great time going through them.<\/p>\n

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More books in the basket below the nightstand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In fact, I\u2019ll probably start a Lenten project that just (obviously) popped into my head: building a bookshelf for the bedroom.\u00a0I built these stairs, remember?<\/a><\/p>\n

While I\u2019m away, His Majesty\u2019s revictualling crews will be hard at work resupplying the good ship YIMCatholic for the next sortie. I wonder where the Admiralty will send us next? In the meantime, have a great Ash Wednesday and first week of Lent.<\/p>\n

Au revoir!<\/p>\n

p.s. I\u2019ll be bringing the first of my traditional Lenten Friday Night at the Movies<\/em> posts to you on the day after I get back (March 2).<\/p>\n