I’m not giving up blogging for Lent.

Lots of Catholic bloggers do.   Not this year for me, I think.

I do have a plan for Lent, but it’s a secret.

If you do away with the yoke,
the clenched fist, the wicked word,
if you give your bread to the hungry,
and relief to the oppressed,

your light will rise in the darkness,
and your shadows become like noon.
The Lord will always guide you,
giving you relief in desert places.

He will give strength to your bones
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water
whose waters never run dry.

You will rebuild the ancient ruins,
build up on the old foundations.
You will be called ‘Breach-mender’,
‘Restorer of ruined houses’.

— from the Office of Readings for Ash Wednesday:  Isaiah 58:1-12