Lent can be a time when we focus only on our sins and when we do that, we miss the mark. The point of stripping away the world is to notice God fills what we'd cluttered. The point of recognizing our own sinful nature, is to recognize how much we need God's mercy, and to rejoice we have access to it, if we but seek and ask. So stop today, and count your blessings. Count them on a rosary and you will discover, if you're willing to cultivate your heart with gratitude, you will run out of beads before you run out of reasons to say "Thank you." and at the end, your heart will feel so full, it will feel like Christmas and Easter and your birthday, the joy must spill out.
If you still don't feel like going, if you are still struggling with "It's winter. It's Lent. I'm tired. There are 1000 things to do and I don't feel like doing them..." go here for true refreshment of spirit, because this is what it means to discover God's love is all.
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