What are you giving up for Lent?

[Anonymous]

I am giving up yelling/raising my voice/impatience.

[Anonymous]

My six-year-old is in Catholic school so it’s kind of a family-give up... we’re giving up all TV but will do the Sunday allowance for my son.

We’re adding a random act of charity: little things like putting money in parking meters and paying for someone’s order. My little boy has hundreds of suggestions for this and it’s so sweet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All animal products. I’m going vegan for lent. It will be hard but it only 40 some days.

Props to you! I tried this one year and shamefully only lasted 30 days.

You will have success!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My six-year-old is in Catholic school so it’s kind of a family-give up... we’re giving up all TV but will do the Sunday allowance for my son.

We’re adding a random act of charity: little things like putting money in parking meters and paying for someone’s order. My little boy has hundreds of suggestions for this and it’s so sweet.

What a sweet little guy you're raising.

[Anonymous]

Vegetarian daughter is going vegan for Lent and asked me to join her. I won't make it through the entire season (who knows?) but will start March 7 when she returns home for spring break so she can be my conscience.

Who knows? This may be the start of something good, healthwise and spiritual wise.

[Anonymous]

I am giving up watching Netflix/Amazon by myself. My hubby and I like to watch a short show before bed most evenings...don't want to end that.

So now I will do cooking and organizing and so forth without watching The Good Place. It will make me more mindful and will be an obvious change/ sacrifice of comfort. That said, I work more than 40 hours a week so it's a change just around the edges of my life.

[Anonymous]

Alcohol.

[Anonymous]

Being nice to the owners of this website

[Anonymous]

Drawing attention to myself by being visibly devout during certain times of year.

[Anonymous]

i'd like to give up yelling at DH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Religion.

Funny, just read the pope asked people to give up trolling for Lent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Religion.

Funny, just read the pope asked people to give up trolling for Lent

I’m far from being Catholic, but I’m with the Pope on this:

“ We live in an atmosphere polluted by too much verbal violence, too many offensive and harmful words. ... Today, people insult each other as if they were saying 'Good Day.'"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All animal products. I’m going vegan for lent. It will be hard but it only 40 some days.

This is what all orthodox Christians do.

[Anonymous]

All animal products, except for fish. My lent starts on Monday and is insanely long this year! Till Easter on April 19th! I will start the Lent with the prayer on Monday hosted by the patriarch of my church in Potomac. He has come over from Europe, but now I am a bit panicked since coronavirus was reported in countries around mine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to give up ice cream.

Then I learned that you don't have to fast on Sundays during Lent so I'd gorge on ice cream on Sundays.

That seemed stupid, so I just gave up fasting altogether.

Ha? In which church is this?