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Comment on {Family and the Christian Year} St. Nicholas Day and New Traditions by Guest Post: {Family and the Christian Year} Christine Warner on Lent and brushing teeth to candlelight | mama:monk

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:32:07 +0000

[...] how she invites her children into the Christian Year. So I’m excited to welcome her into our semi-unregular discussions on that very topic as she shares her family’s Lenten [...]

Comment on Mama:Monk’s 1st Ever 7 Quick Takes! by Guest Post: {Family and the Christian Year} Christine Warner on Lent and brushing teeth to candlelight | mama:monk

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:32:03 +0000

[...] people you can’t help but describe as “special.” I’ve mentioned before how she has challenged me by how she invites her children into the Christian Year. So I’m excited to welcome her into [...]

Comment on Wednesday: Ashes and Death by David

David — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:19:42 +0000

That’s a good reflection on Lent. It even made me read “Who is mama monk?” and prompted me to voice the rare comment. I’m a re-vert to Roman Catholicism following some kind of journey like yours, I’d guess, with stop-overs in Presbyterianism, some non-descript western Colorado evangelicalism, Anglicanism (briefly dabbled), Antiochan Orthodoxy, and finally, wound up where I started, only to know it for the first time.
You might already know that the ashes are from the burned palms of last year’s Palm Sunday. We shape them into crosses and hang them from our rearview mirrors or tuck them behind the crucifixes in our homes, and we hardly notice them change from green to the color of wheat. Unless a seed falls to the earth and dies…
They were once cut off their life-source, waved in triumph at the entrance to Jerusalem: Hosanna in the Highest. Today, we have to explain to others why they’re a black smudge on our foreheads.
There’s something in the wisdom of taking the accolades as “memento mori,” and even more in reflecting on the manner in which we’re called to live our lives: by giving them up in exchange for the cross.
Anyway, your reflections were great, and I’m glad to have read them (and not just because they prompted my own). Thanks for sharing.

Comment on Transfiguration and Beauty by Norm

Norm — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:11:10 +0000

This is beautifully written; well thought out and emotionally conveyed. Plus, you’re adding to my knowledge base about practices regarding lent.

Comment on Fat Tuesday Thankful by Norm

Norm — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:07:48 +0000

Your red boots comment reminded me of this song – done by an alt-country singer from Toronto; Lindi Ortega.

Enjoy.
btw; I’m enjoying your writing.

Comment on Wednesday: Ashes and Death by Kathleen Quiring

Kathleen Quiring — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:01:29 +0000

Wow. That was gorgeous. What a great way to start the Lenten season.

When I reflect on my own death and the death of my baby, I have the all-too-common tendency to wonder whether God really knows what he’s doing or whether he really is all that good. Thanks for offering your own beautiful take on it. I can only hope to become that wise and mature when it comes to thinking about our mortality.

Comment on Transfiguration and Beauty by Denise

Denise — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:51:21 +0000

Wow… the last two paragraphs got me. How beautiful indeed are our Lord’s purposes. Sacrifice and majesty. Brokenness and grace. Beauty and ashes.

Comment on Fat Tuesday Thankful by El Tiburon

El Tiburon — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:02:39 +0000

“Wow, 90′s music was the best.”

Not so fast. All best evidence says the 70s ruled. Same evidence says the 80s were pretty bad.

Comment on Fat Tuesday Thankful by Danelle

Danelle — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:44:48 +0000

I am loving the red boots and the country dancing.:) I wrote a post today about thankfulness that I think may resonate with you as a fellow “monkish momma”.:) and I love the poetry book you recommended. Deeply moving and powerful. Thank you!!

Comment on Fat Tuesday Thankful by Sarah Chrastina

Sarah Chrastina — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:12:57 +0000

Loved the red boots, reminded me of Ariel in Footloose!? Ha