Today is Shrove Tuesday. The kids and I are preparing for Ash Wednesday.
Praying everyone has a deep and meaningful Lent this year. Take time for fasting, prayer, almsgiving and Scripture reading.
Here is our Alleluia. "Alleluia" is said during worship before the proclamation of the Gospel at every Mass except during Lent. We will bury the Alleluia today because it is considered an Easter word. By not using "Alleluia" for the 40 days of Lent perhaps we will come to appreciate more just how joyful this acclimation is. It will come out again at Easter. Before we buried the Alleluia we sang a little song that some of you might remember from childhood. We sang...Allelu, Allelu, Allelu, Allelu Praise ye the Lord!
Burying the Alleluia.
Close it up until Easter.
The kids gave up their favorite toys this year for Lent. There was a lot of negotiating on the things that should go in the box. It was a good opportunity to remind them that we do this for Jesus and he made the ultimate sacrifice for us. Can we not make a good sacrifice for Him?
Seal the toys up tight!
Our coloring page that will help the kids count down the 40 days of Lent. Each day we will have a Lenten devotion as a family and then the kids will get to color off the days square.
We made a crown of thorns this year. With each good deed or sacrifice the kids make they will get to take a thorn out of the crown. Ideally this would be done in secret but because of their ages we will make a point of talking about it before we take the thorn out. The goal is to have all the thorns gone by Easter morning.
Praying everyone has a deep and meaningful Lent this year. Take time for fasting, prayer, almsgiving and Scripture reading.
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