Lent 2014

This year I tried to have the girls not only focus on a sacrifice each day during Lent but also either say extra prayers or do some form of almsgiving.  Some of the different things they did were: write a thank you letter to someone, pray for one of their sisters, give away a toy, pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, as well as give up things like sweets, tv, etc.

We also did a Jesus Tree this year.  Mollie had given me the kit a couple years back, but I never actually opened it until this year.  The girls loved it!  Each day we read a story out of their children's bible and then they put a symbol that corresponded to the story on the tree.  It was a perfect reflection on the stories from the three years of Jesus' ministry.

The girls also watched Miracle Maker, which helped them further understand the stories we were reading from the bible.

We did our usual Holy Thursday meal that represents food from Jesus' time.  Find the explanation here: http://klinkersinkentucky.blogspot.com/2012/04/holy-week-treats-and-crafts.html.  Then we went to Holy Thursday mass as a family.  The girls love to watch the washing of the feet!

Good Friday the girls had their cross sandwiches for lunch, then we made homemade pretzels like they used to make during lent all the way back in the 5th century.  We used a different recipe this year...an Auntie Anne's copycat recipe I found on Pinterest: http://www.yammiesnoshery.com/2012/04/auntie-annes-pretzels-copycat-recipe.html.  They really did taste like Auntie Anne's pretzels from the mall.  Delicious!!!

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I took Rose and Ava with me to the Good Friday service, which was nice because we could sit up front!  Ava was too shy to kiss the cross, but I am glad she was there.  Maybe next year!  The girls also watched a cartoon version of Christ's passion during the day and Paul and I watched The Passion of the Christ at night after the girls went to bed.

It was a reflective two days...perfect for preparing us for the joy of Easter on Sunday!