If suffering and humiliation is meant to aid in our sanctification, Lord Jesus—boy, you sanctified me a lot this past week. Up until now, my new caregiving job only involved four- and five-hour shifts, and even those can feel long if there’s not much household work to do. Many clients are unresponsive or suffer from dementia, so it’s not always easy to deal with the monotony and blaring TVs all day. I got rid of my own cable subscription a long time ago, and now any beyond-movie-length exposure—especially to the ever-present commercials—feels like I’m bathed in toxic sludge.
> I haven’t thought of my own Lenten sacrifice yet.
This year priests started reminding us in homilies as early as January that "Lent is coming soon" and that we should think about this, but mulishly I refused to think about it and told God that He should pick for me (otherwise I have a tendency to activism.)
I want to get better at fasting (food) and also do a social media fast. It'll be interesting to see how much more productive I could be if I stopped watching so many YouTube videos. :)
> I haven’t thought of my own Lenten sacrifice yet.
This year priests started reminding us in homilies as early as January that "Lent is coming soon" and that we should think about this, but mulishly I refused to think about it and told God that He should pick for me (otherwise I have a tendency to activism.)
I want to get better at fasting (food) and also do a social media fast. It'll be interesting to see how much more productive I could be if I stopped watching so many YouTube videos. :)