Fat Tuesday

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday which begins the season of Lent.  I have always loved Lent and look forward to it each year.  But today is Fat Tuesday, a day of final celebration before the fasting and abstaining.   I'm headed to Costco to buy some gooshy sweet rolls for tonight.

Have you gathered together your reading and made a list of things you may want to accomplish during Lent?  Patty over at St. Monica's Tears, has a great list if you need ideas.  Nunly (Mary Ellen) has a great meditation to get you in the right frame of mind.  And Sherry, over at Chocolate for Your Brain, is already having problems and Lent hasn't even started.  Oy vey!  Tracy, A Catholic Mom in Minnesota, has posted a wonderful prayer for Fat Tuesday.

And from last year:

Lenten Journey
Super Tuesday and Ash Wednesday

I posted this link last year.  Well worth a read:

 

What Can I Do Before Lent Begins?   Anything worth doing is worth preparing for..

 Just imagine that this Lent is going to be different from every other Lent we've experienced.  Imagine that there will be many graces offered me this year.  Let's even imagine that God is going to help transform our lives, with greater freedom, greater joy, deeper desires for love and service. read the rest

 And it's not too late to acquire this fabulous book which is part of my Lenten reading list for this year: