{"id":127220,"date":"2024-04-02T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=127220"},"modified":"2024-04-02T08:33:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T12:33:12","slug":"3-lenten-sacrifices-im-not-stopping-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/3-lenten-sacrifices-im-not-stopping-2\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Lenten Sacrifices I\u2019m Not Stopping"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"127220\" class=\"elementor elementor-127220\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55fc6a4b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"55fc6a4b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78e0dc2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78e0dc2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lent is a traditional time of making sacrifices in order to shed attachments to the world and come closer to Christ.\u00a0 The paradox of the cross, however, can reveal that what seemed to be a sacrifice is actually a gift.\u00a0 This is true of my experience with three sacrifices I have made during lent over the past several years which have become sources of joy and companions on my journey into the celebration of the Resurrection.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Sacrificing negative thoughts and being offended<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a sanguine-choleric personality type, I don\u2019t naturally tend toward the negative. However, the world wears on all of us.\u00a0 Just before Lent I happened upon a video by Fr. 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I gave up being offended for Lent.\u00a0 I gave up negative thoughts. I am dropping this at the cross. It\u2019s Jesus\u2019 problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was incredibly liberating.\u00a0 Sometimes I almost felt a physical relief, like letting go of something that was suffocating me so I could breathe again.\u00a0 Whatever was offending me was in God\u2019s hands. It became his problem, not mine, and I was free to choose to love and be happy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Was this simplistic and naive?\u00a0 I don\u2019t think so.\u00a0 It\u2019s not that I didn\u2019t recognize problems, and some of them were BIG problems\u2026 but instead of letting them generate bitterness and resentment, I exercised the discipline of releasing them to God\u2019s loving care.\u00a0 For me, it was an experience of being child-like.\u00a0 And now that it\u2019s Easter, I don\u2019t want to grow up and grow out of that.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Sacrificing the use of my cell phone when I am with other people<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first time I really noticed how cell phones isolate us was during a papal audience in St Peter\u2019s Square a few years back. I had the gift of being there among thousands of enthusiastic Catholics on a warm sunny morning as the Holy Father rode through the crowds in the pope-mobile.\u00a0 Everyone had their phones outstretched, and as he rode past them, literally a few feet away, their eyes were on their phones and the pictures they were getting, instead of on the pope himself.\u00a0 Pope Francis was practically the only person who was truly present to those around him in that moment, with no screen as a barrier between those he was greeting and himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over the next few years, I\u2019d notice this in other places.\u00a0 The line at the grocery store.\u00a0 The subway.\u00a0 My kids\u2019 soccer games.\u00a0 Even my own kitchen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This lent I decided I would no longer let my cell phone take my attention away from the people who were physically in front of me.\u00a0\u00a0 I resolved not to use my phone when I was in the presence of other people that I could be paying attention to.\u00a0 As soon as I made the resolution I learned what an addictive habit I had.\u00a0 The urge to check texts, email and social media at the first hint of downtime was really strong.\u00a0 I also became more aware of people using their phones in front of me and how it made me feel (good thing for lenten resolution #1\u2026 see above).\u00a0 Even if I was only around people I didn\u2019t know, the black hole of my iPhone was still sucking my connection with the world around me into a digital void.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When I put my phone away, I noticed more details about the people around me. I smiled at them more, I anticipated their needs better, and I discovered things I would have missed if I wasn\u2019t paying attention.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since Christ used Lent to break this chain, I\u2019m going to stay free, and continue to enjoy the real world and my present company!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Slowing down and sacrificing the need to rush<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a sacrifice that was given to me, not one I chose.\u00a0 Several years ago, as Lent began I had to have a surgical procedure done \u2013 nothing serious or life-threatening, but something that needed to be attended to. I had never had surgery before, and my doctor told me that I would need a six-week recovery. I think I actually laughed out loud when she said this.\u00a0 I mean, I have 6 kids, an international student from China, a full-time job, and a crazy Goldendoodle at home (Chester- as in Chester<em>ton<\/em>).\u00a0 I told my doctor I was sure I\u2019d bounce back well, and took 3 weeks off work instead.\u00a0 I should have known what was behind the little smile she responded with, but again, good thing for lenten sacrifice #1\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The surgery went well, but I reacted badly to the anesthesia and pain medications- getting really sick.\u00a0 This kept me in the hospital for a longer stretch, and in bed at home when I had expected to be back up and out.\u00a0 I slowed down\u2013a lot. Thanks to friends who helped with meals and teenage children who helped with driving and grocery shopping, Paul and I were able to keep life moving, but it was slower.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the first couple of weeks, I was frustrated. I realized 3 weeks off work wasn\u2019t going to cut it; I ended up being out just over a month.\u00a0 The more I tried to speed things up, the more tired I got.\u00a0 When I felt a surge of energy and used it to do something crazy like go grocery shopping, I was laid up for the next 2 days.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As time went on, I got the picture. God wanted me to slow down.\u00a0 And he wanted me to slow down peacefully, not with bitterness and frustration.\u00a0 It was a really big adjustment for me.\u00a0 I realized how much of my energy I had been putting into doing more in less time, so I would have more time to do even more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When I accepted the need to slow down, I was pretty sure things were going to fall apart at the seams.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t.\u00a0 I learned that though I could usually do things quite well at the pace I had been used to, when I slowed down, when I paused, I made space for God to act in ways that my rushing had prevented before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I had feared that slowing down would mean I was doing less for Christ in my life, but I realized that some of the people I know who have the greatest impact on others, who share their faith most generously, and who transmit Christ\u2019s love most gracefully, do so at a calm and peaceful pace.\u00a0 They are 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