Forty habits to surrender for Lent...

 LENT STARTS TOMORROW! 

(AND YES, WE KNOW IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY...) 

In a Facebook post in late January, 
Fr. Ron Rolheiser noted that all of Jesus' precepts  
can be boiled down to one word:  surrender. 

Thinking about giving up chocolate or Facebook for Lent?  

Perhaps you might consider choosing actively  

to surrender one of the following each day… 

1.     fear of failure

2.    your comfort zone

3.    feelings of unworthiness

4.    impatience

5.     disengagement

6.    people-pleasing

7.     constant comparison

8.    blame

9.    guilt

10.  overcommitment

11.   dwelling on the past

12.  arrogance

13.  entitlement

14.  apathy

15.  hatred

16.  negativity

17.  the need for approval

18.  going through the motions

19.  complaining

20. the pursuit of wealth

21.  bitterness

22. envy

23. giving up

24. mediocrity

25. destructive speech

26. busy-ness

27. loneliness

28. disunity

29. the quick fix

30. worry

31.  idolizing

32. pride

33. a small view of God

34. the need always to be right

35. ungratefulness

36. selfish ambition

37. self-sufficiency

38. sorrow

39. resistance to change

40. your life… 

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