Enter the Silence

Lent begins today.  We are dust, we are reminded, and to dust we shall return.

I confess that I usually approach Lent with dread because I feel like I already live Lent most days; as a new mother, I am so acutely aware of my sinfulness, lack of virtue, and utter weakness.  I am daily faced with my total incapacity.  So, I was not looking forward to forty days of focusing more on my dust-worthiness.

Our Lord, however, is infinitely kind and has suggested that I spend Lent in a beautiful way this year, by leaving behind the desert of the world and and entering the desert of God.  In the desert of the world, there is unassuaged thirst and blinding heat and unceasing toil.  In the desert of God, there is silence.  Silence and rest and stillness.  That is my goal this Lent.

With that in mind, I am going to heavily curtail my time on the Internet and spend it instead on embroidering gifts for a maternity home, as well as reading and resting.  That means that I will only be blogging once per week, as well as only checking e-mail once per week.  Can I do it?  I’m not sure because I have become awfully hooked on those things now that I am home with the boys.  I look forward, however, to this enforced silence which will help keep my mind on my present duties, rather than on news from around the country.

So, I’m sorry to leave you all but will do what I can to post at least once per week.