-Fat Tuesday-
Mardi Gras Celebration: Pancakes, King Cake, Paczkis (oh my!)
Our happy little golden letters. They'll find their home again on our altar table for the Easter season.
Pizza carry-out for the last time
We give up all food of any kind that's not from the grocery store. No drive-thru coffee. No fast food dinners. No restaurants of any kind. We don't eat out much at all as it is, but when we do it's very expensive for so many people. This is a good way to save money, after all the over-indulging of the Christmas season, as well as a lesson in self-discipline and sacrifice.
Put away the Alleluia We give up all food of any kind that's not from the grocery store. No drive-thru coffee. No fast food dinners. No restaurants of any kind. We don't eat out much at all as it is, but when we do it's very expensive for so many people. This is a good way to save money, after all the over-indulging of the Christmas season, as well as a lesson in self-discipline and sacrifice.
Our happy little golden letters. They'll find their home again on our altar table for the Easter season.
King Cake 2010
-Ash Wednesday-
(fasting, abstinence)
Evening Mass, Ashes
Evening Mass, Ashes
Blake 2010
-Throughout Lent-
PRAY:
Daily Divine Mercy Chaplet
Sunday Rosary
Friday Masses
Stations of the Cross
FAST:
No restaurant/carry-out food of any kind
No candy
No video games
TV-free Fridays
GIVE ALMS:
Extra 10% from spending allowance to donate to charity
Gather food items to donate
Give time at food bank
Lenten Calendar
We've done one similar to Jessica's the past few years. One of my favorite Lenten traditions.
We've done one similar to Jessica's the past few years. One of my favorite Lenten traditions.
Crown of Thorns
We've always done a braided salt dough crown with toothpicks for thorns. We pull out a toothpick for each sacrifice we make during Lent, and when they're all out on Holy Saturday, we paint the crown gold and glue jewels on. It's a great concept, but implementing it has sometimes been a pain. The dough can get moldy by the end of Lent if it's too moist. The toothpicks are difficult to pull out, especially if they're pushed in too deep to begin with. We end up breaking them off, and are left with a somewhat dangerous crown in the end. So instead of our original crown of thorns, which we would miss if it were absent entirely, I was absolutely delighted to see Charlotte's version. I plan to pick up the things we'll need this week to adopt this new tradition.
I want to keep the visual and tangible reminder of our daily sacrifices though, which is why this year we're going to bring in:
Sacrifice Beans
An empty jar, a bowl of dried beans. With every sacrifice made, a bean gets transferred to the jar, with hopes of all the beans being moved by the end of Lent. We've done this before, using beads or stones. What the children don't know is that those dried beans just might become jelly beans on Easter morning. A sweet reward for their walk through the desert.
40 Days for Life
We'll be spending some time praying in front of an abortion clinic, with our local 40 Days for Life campaign.
Pretzel Fridays
The soft pretzel recipe in this book is awesome. I think it'll be a fun tradition for meat-free Fridays.
We've always done a braided salt dough crown with toothpicks for thorns. We pull out a toothpick for each sacrifice we make during Lent, and when they're all out on Holy Saturday, we paint the crown gold and glue jewels on. It's a great concept, but implementing it has sometimes been a pain. The dough can get moldy by the end of Lent if it's too moist. The toothpicks are difficult to pull out, especially if they're pushed in too deep to begin with. We end up breaking them off, and are left with a somewhat dangerous crown in the end. So instead of our original crown of thorns, which we would miss if it were absent entirely, I was absolutely delighted to see Charlotte's version. I plan to pick up the things we'll need this week to adopt this new tradition.
I want to keep the visual and tangible reminder of our daily sacrifices though, which is why this year we're going to bring in:
Sacrifice Beans
An empty jar, a bowl of dried beans. With every sacrifice made, a bean gets transferred to the jar, with hopes of all the beans being moved by the end of Lent. We've done this before, using beads or stones. What the children don't know is that those dried beans just might become jelly beans on Easter morning. A sweet reward for their walk through the desert.
40 Days for Life
We'll be spending some time praying in front of an abortion clinic, with our local 40 Days for Life campaign.
Pretzel Fridays
The soft pretzel recipe in this book is awesome. I think it'll be a fun tradition for meat-free Fridays.
-Lenten Cleaning-
40 bags in 40 days
Is anybody else doing this this year?
...detailed Lenten cleaning plan to come!
-Feast Days-
St. Patrick
St. Joseph
The Annunciation
St. Joseph Altar 2010
40 bags in 40 days
Is anybody else doing this this year?
...detailed Lenten cleaning plan to come!
-Feast Days-
St. Patrick
St. Joseph
The Annunciation
-Palm Sunday, Holy Week, Easter-
...plans to come!
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