This is my stack of daily reading. This morning I was up at 4:45 reading them. Yes, ME...up at 4:45! I don't think I've been up that early since I was on a fire assignment.
Last Wednesday was Ash Wednesday and marked the beginning of Lent. One of the things I'm doing in observance is getting up an hour earlier each day to read these books, each of which have a specific daily reading. I find it hard to carve out time normally to do this, so I'm taking this opportunity to try to form a new habit.
Now, an hour early is actually 5:00, but I woke up at 4:30 and couldn't go back to sleep, so up I got, went to the couch and started reading. The first of the books, really more like a flyer, has daily reflections specifically designed for Lent...Called to Life, Called to Love. The little mini book LivingFaith is a daily devotional published quarterly. The third book Give Us This Day is a daily prayer book which includes daily mass, readings and prayers published each month. And finally there is the Magnificat - Year of Faith Companion, which provides something different each day, either a reflection or meditation or prayer, that is designed to take you through the entire Year of Faith, as designated by Pope Benedict XVI. Each of these is a relative short read, and combined together is like a little exercise for the soul...bending, stretching, aligning.
I have to admit, as much as I do not like getting up early, and am not a morning person...I'm kind of digging starting my day this way!
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