It is Lent already
So it is lent.
Lent is often seen as a time of repentance and giving up stuff. But the ancient Irish, who kind of invented this whole penitence thing didn’t see this as a time of just giving up things for the sake of giving them up, but of building virtues. So, they would identify their vices, and then pray about the virtues they wanted to build up which were the opposite of those vices. They would then spend lent working on the virtues, or developing good spiritual habits.
So this lent, I will again stop playing computer games in order that I might pray more, and spend more time with my family and on work stuff including the dissertation.
Part of the prayer thing is to again work on praying each day, and to say night prayer at night, cos I would really like to get into the habit of doing that.
And I will also blog at least once a week. That would be a good habit to get into.
Two habits built out of the time wasted on games.
I am looking forward to that.
Lent is often seen as a time of repentance and giving up stuff. But the ancient Irish, who kind of invented this whole penitence thing didn’t see this as a time of just giving up things for the sake of giving them up, but of building virtues. So, they would identify their vices, and then pray about the virtues they wanted to build up which were the opposite of those vices. They would then spend lent working on the virtues, or developing good spiritual habits.
So this lent, I will again stop playing computer games in order that I might pray more, and spend more time with my family and on work stuff including the dissertation.
Part of the prayer thing is to again work on praying each day, and to say night prayer at night, cos I would really like to get into the habit of doing that.
And I will also blog at least once a week. That would be a good habit to get into.
Two habits built out of the time wasted on games.
I am looking forward to that.
Comments
Oh dear. Well, you have all my sympathy!