The Lenten List-Ash Wednesday to - Sunday 1

I am inspired by my daughter Sarah  the great RE teacher who will be encouraging the Experiential Lenten Calendar  to her girls today....so I am going to invent my own
The Principle is:
 not about giving up but about taking on penance ..and indeed seeing 'penance' as a joy, a privilege, and an opportunity to become more Christlike... and, indeed it's about, changing behaviour rather than playing 'giving up lollies games'


Here are a few things you could do:

1. Wear the Cross of Ashes on Ash Wednesday....and tell people why
2. Choose three people to pray for who you really dislike and actually do it. Don't pray that they stop being such b&*tc&^s or d^ck$....but pray for them to grow in love...and that you may grow in love for them

3. Perform two secret acts of charity. The Talmud suggests that charity that is secret and unrecognised is the best form of charity and love.

4. Ring someone who lives alone...this causes us to think about those who we see from time to time but who we forget about for the rest of the week. Some people have no phone calls, and no visitors from week to week.
5. Invite someone to lunch who you really find difficult.    There is probably a reason why they don't get invitations to lunch! Maybe we can help with that



......it will probably get harder from now on