I have been reblogging this post for the last couple of years. I still think it is important.
I realize that Lent is well underway and numbers of you have already pondered this question: “What should I give up for Lent?” and well on your way into Lent, giving that thing up as you decided. At the same time, there are probably some of you that are either behind in answering it . . . or perhaps you had an answer, but are not really doing what you set out to do. Any of those is a good excuse for me to share my favorite answer to that perennial question–and probably one of the most important answers. It comes from a Magnificat article written by Fr. Peter John Cameron a few years ago. I do not have time to quote the whole article (which is always dangerous because what you read will be edited), but I hope–especially those of you who despair of ever giving up what he…
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