Lent is not for wimps

I was thinking this morning how weekends in Lent are not for wimps but that really extends to the entire week.  For the Deacon, in service to the church by serving others, this can be especially true.  From extra duties on ash Wednesday, perhaps leading Stations of the Cross on Fridays, preparing talks for a Lenten series or mission, to visits with young people at PSR(CCD), we still fulfill our basic charism of charity.  For me that means being just as if not more present to those in need and my assigned service to the inmates at Rayburn.

Lent is a deeper time of prayer, one such beautiful opportunity came last week n front of the traveling pilgrimage statue of Our Lady of Fatima.  One comes this week before the Blessed Sacrament with Adoration and Benediction.  And then it comes often in just the "we" time we call can spend with God, just Him and us!

In addition to prayer we are also called to consider fasting in our spiritual journey and looking for more and more opportunities to give of ourselves; giving alms they call it, whether that be from our pockets or from the gift of our time.

Lent is not for wimps; you and I are not wimps; experience Lent to it's fullest!