Lenten Diary updated throughout the Season.
This year Lent started with Mass at Mayfield girls school. The sea of faces that stood infront of me reminded me that we all approach this season differently. Some people do the same thing every year like some sort of ritual that never changes with age or circumstance, others try and do too much and so stumble after the first Sunday of Lent. Others try and do something different and therefore challenge themselves to do something extra helping or in prayer. Whatever we do Lent is about getting closer to the one who made us and loves us. It is a time to look at ourselves and our relationship with God. Deciding what to do should not be so taxing that we fail very quickly but it should also not be so easy that it does not impact on our lives. Also it should be something that changes us not just for the of lent but for the whole of our lives. A simple example of this is that I gave up sugar in Coffee and tea and never went back to it at the end of the lent. There is another danger in lent