Books for Lent

So here's my list. These aren't only "Lenten books" but rather books that Curt and I think help us want to be holy... and that's what Lent is all about!

So here they are, in no particular order:

Called to Holiness by Ralph Martin
Prayer and Temperament: Different Prayer Forms for Different Personality Types by Chester Michael and Marie Norrisy
The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
No Man is an Island by Thomas Merton
Love is Stronger than Death by Peter Kreeft
The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer by John Bartunek
Characters of the Passion by Fulton Sheen
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Heaven by Peter Kreeft
Journey Toward Easter by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI
Collected Words of St. John of the Cross
If Your Mind Wanders at Mass by Thomas Howard
In Conversation with God Vol. 2 - Lent and Eastertide by Francis Fernandez

If you have any suggestions of your own, please include them in comments!!

getting ready for Lent... and Katherine eats turtle food

Been thinking about Lent, which starts next week, and hoping that my Lent can be somewhat productive! Since this baby girl of mine is due on Easter Sunday, I figure I'll either really get into Lent this year, or fine a million excuses to ignore it, since my body feels like it's going through a Lent of its own right now. Hopefully, I'll choose the former! Having a baby arrive at Easter really should provide me with the perfect opportunity to prepare, to give up, to anticipate and to perfect myself for her, and for Jesus.

My friend Marcel has a great post on his blog about Lent.
Lent 2008
and
More Lenten Resources

I hope you'll take a look at his great explanations of Lent and his numerous suggestions and ideas for making your Lent holy and productive!

I also want to add (later today, probably) my list of books I'd like to read or reread this Lent.

Oh, and yes, I went to the restroom this morning (I do that... I'm pregnant.). Not really an option there. I was gone all of 60 seconds.

I come into the kitchen and have that automatic, "where's Katherine and what is she doing" panic feeling that all moms know and trust.

Then, there she is, standing in the kitchen, holding Rocky's FREEZE DRIED SHRIMP container with little pieces of dried shrimp on her lips. I just screamed and flopped my arms around for a minute (I don't handle crisis well), wiped the shrimp off her lips and called Curt to find out if there is anything toxic in freeze dried shrimp. He says no. My Curt knows everything!

So now that I know that Katherine is tall enough to reach the counter, the shrimp food will be moving into a new residence in the upper cabinet.

Do things like this happen to anyone else, or just me???...

(I knew the turtle food tease would get you to read through the Lent part of the post! Yes, I am willing to humiliate myself for your spiritual good!)