Dear Friends,In anticipation of Valentine’s Day and the season of Lent, beginning on February 15, here are some ideas for celebrating both:
Mend a quarrel. Search out a forgotten friend.
Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust.
Write a love letter. Share some treasure. Give a soft answer.
Encourage youth. Manifest your loyalty in a word or deed.
Keep a promise. Find the time. Forego a grudge.
Forgive an enemy. Listen. Apologize if you were wrong.
Try to understand. Flout envy. Examine your demands of others.
Think first of someone else.
Appreciate, be kind, be gentle. Laugh a little more.
Deserve confidence. Take up arms against malice.
Decry complacency. Express your gratitude.
Worship your God. Gladden the birth of a child.
Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth.
Speak your love. Speak it to God. Speak it to your neighbor.
Speak it again. Speak it again. Speak it again.
Speak it still once again.
Author unknown, but a worthy challenge to live out the valuable little things in the ever-growing life God has given us. Live it. Pass it on. Happy Valentine’s Day. Expand your sense of Lent.
~ Sister Joan Sobala
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