Crown of Thorns

We’re doing another crown of thorns this year.  Last year, I made the crown myself and let the kids add the “thorns.”  But we got brave and made it a family affair this time around.  We all pitched in and the results are fabulous. (Note to self: work...

Bare

To really get the feel of Lent around here, we stripped the house of decorations before bed on Fat Tuesday.  Pictures came down, statues (we have a “few”) were removed.  Max kept remarking about how “clean” everything looked.  Clean. Bare....

Ashes, Ashes . . .

“Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel.” Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your God. Joel...