Catholics, what are you giving up/doing for Lent? (Catholic Caucus)

Vanity | 2/17/15 | vladimir998

[vladimir998]

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. Catholics, what will you be giving up for Lent, or what will you be doing for Lent?

[GeorgiaGuy]

I’m giving up radishes. I hate radishes.

[Toddsterpatriot]

When is the wake?

[QBFimi]

Giving up? I “gave stuff up” when I was a kid.

Now, at age 70, I see it in another light: What can I ADD in the next 40 days that will strengthen my faith walk and bring me closer to my Master in his walk toward Golgotha?

Tomorrow, for a start, I’ll ADD ashes.

[virgil]

No alcohol. No sweets (I’ll try anyway). More fasting. More prayer. Thinking of what I can do to help someone.

[vladimir998]

You might like these - although they are not all canonized and are all modern:

http://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Charnetsky-Companions-Ukrainian-Catholic/dp/0764808672/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424231830&sr=1-1&keywords=ukrainian+martyrs

http://www.amazon.com/Josyp-Terelya-Apparitions-Persecution-Autobiography/dp/1877678171/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0Y6JYNS7XZBHCV0YX73M

http://www.amazon.com/Vladimir-Soloviev-Russian-Mishel-DHerbigny/dp/1497376025/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424232045&sr=1-5&keywords=vladimir+soloviev

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I’ll take a look, Thanks!

[Mad Dawg]

Im going to read and pray over Cassian’s “Conferences.”

[Mastador1]

Well, I’m not the best Catholic and it shows in what I gave up for lent. I chose something that I have had outside help with from Obama, I have given up income.

[LT Brass Bancroft]

I’m going to try to go old school and give up meat, eggs, and dairy. I don’t know how long it will last, though.

[Salvation]

Working to give up the complaining.

And in its place adding more prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

[Robert357]

Pointing out to my liberal friends on Facebook how stupid and flawed ObamaCare really is. That selfish satisfaction is what I am giving up for Lent.

[jobim]

I am always humbled in the presence of holiness. Your expressions of journeying ever closer with Our Lord in Lent shows holiness of desire. And I humbly fall in beside you good fellows, leaving behind a few things I crave to put into my mouth, a few activities I crave to do, and a few constant sins I crave to commit.

Onward Christian soldiers!

[Technical Editor]

I am going to try to give up my hatred for certain people who do nasty things to other people.

[Catmom]

Six weeks without Pizza Hut could only do a girl good ;)