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cleopa_of_emmaus
FEAR PROFITS A MAN NOTHING
Last year, I started a "tradition" of reading the Dolorous Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ for Lent. I want to continue that tradition.
God Bless,
~cleopa
God Bless,
~cleopa
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AdJesumPerMariam
To Jesus through Mary
I am praying about what I need to give up. I have a chocolate habit, so I am thinking I will give up chocolate.....all sweets......
I am going to pray the rosary daily. I am also praying that doing it daily for 40 days will become a daily habit fot the rest of the year!
I am going to pray the rosary daily. I am also praying that doing it daily for 40 days will become a daily habit fot the rest of the year!
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The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated
clskinner said:
You know how I feel about the virtue of charity, little sister.
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I'm giving up my boss for Lent.
If that sounds strange, let me explain that he isn't the easiest man in the world to work for....he's not the brightest bulb in the box when it comes to management technique, and he has been (IMHO) promoted waaay beyond his capabilities.
As a result, everyone in the department suffers from his bungling and his screwy ideas, and he has twenty extremely unhappy people working for him. As you can imagine, the acrimony that's thrown around the office whenever even just his name is mentioned is shoulder-deep, and viciously savage. If verbal assault were the same as physical assault, the boss would have bled to death long ago.
This is not Christlike behavior, and it's a chronic failing of mine when I'm at work; he absolutely drives me nuts, and my escape valve, too often, is to complain about him, call him names, question his sanity, snarl about his policies, and so on, and my co-workers willingly (and overwhelmingly) join me in these endeavors. This has, I am sorry to say, constituted a major portion of my confessions for the last several months.
So, I'm giving him up for Lent. I'm not going to complain about him, I'm not going to call him names, I'm not going to critique his activities, and I'm not going to call into question his intelligence, his competence, or his ancestry within the human race, all of which I have done repeatedly, loudly, and vociferously before.
This is not going to be easy for me. It's going to be doubly difficult, because my supervisor has transferred me to 1st shift, and I'm going to have to deal with the boss all day, every day, while I'm at work----and I don't like 1st shift anyway; I much prefer 2nd.
I would ask you all to pray for me.
If that sounds strange, let me explain that he isn't the easiest man in the world to work for....he's not the brightest bulb in the box when it comes to management technique, and he has been (IMHO) promoted waaay beyond his capabilities.
As a result, everyone in the department suffers from his bungling and his screwy ideas, and he has twenty extremely unhappy people working for him. As you can imagine, the acrimony that's thrown around the office whenever even just his name is mentioned is shoulder-deep, and viciously savage. If verbal assault were the same as physical assault, the boss would have bled to death long ago.
This is not Christlike behavior, and it's a chronic failing of mine when I'm at work; he absolutely drives me nuts, and my escape valve, too often, is to complain about him, call him names, question his sanity, snarl about his policies, and so on, and my co-workers willingly (and overwhelmingly) join me in these endeavors. This has, I am sorry to say, constituted a major portion of my confessions for the last several months.
So, I'm giving him up for Lent. I'm not going to complain about him, I'm not going to call him names, I'm not going to critique his activities, and I'm not going to call into question his intelligence, his competence, or his ancestry within the human race, all of which I have done repeatedly, loudly, and vociferously before.
This is not going to be easy for me. It's going to be doubly difficult, because my supervisor has transferred me to 1st shift, and I'm going to have to deal with the boss all day, every day, while I'm at work----and I don't like 1st shift anyway; I much prefer 2nd.
I would ask you all to pray for me.
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Veritas_et_Puritas said:I'm quite ignorant... could you explain more fully what you mean by "full Orthodox fast"? I'm curious.
This thread in TAW will explain how we Orthodox keep Great Lent. The quick explanation of the fast is that there is no meat, no dairy, no oil between the first Sunday of Great Lent and Pascha (Easter) and the meals during the day are to be kept to a minimum.
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I don't know yet... I want to give up something that I'll really notice though... I watch way too much TV so maybe I'll give that up...
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I always have such a hard time figuring up something to give up.
Maybe it'll be Mountain Dew Code Red this year, I love the stuff....
/me goes out and buys a 2 liter to finish before Wednesday
Maybe it'll be Mountain Dew Code Red this year, I love the stuff....
/me goes out and buys a 2 liter to finish before Wednesday
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Definately Wolsely. That is such a hard habit to break 
frettr00
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For Lent I will be going to Mass Monday through Friday in addition to the usual Sunday mass. I hope that it'll get me in the habit of going to mass/adoration more often than just Sundays.
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CeeBee said:
I am, too. I really think I should cut down on the soft drinks. Uh...except for Sundays, of course.
They're not part of Lent. What I'd really like to do is give up going to work for the entire season of Lent. But with living costs and all, I don't think I can do that.
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jukesk9 said:
I havent been to stations of the cross since i was a kid. I am making a commitment to go to stations of the cross one Friday during lent. And also to make it adoration atleast twice during lent.
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