Lent week 3:: 3/24/19, 3/26/19, 3/27/19, 3/28/19, 3/29/19, 3/30/19

3/24/19 3rd Sunday of Lent, St Gabriel
-High Mass (!!) FINALLY! I haven't been to a high mass in like, forever!
-Read from: Lent for children, a time of renewal, Sunday Morning Storyland, Catholic All Year Compendium + Catholic All March booklet (St Catherine of Sweden)
-Made plans for the feast of the Annunciation
-Father Oak: purple
-Read about St Gabriel from A Character Calendar & Lives of the Saints

3/25/19 The Annunciation-see separate post

3/26/19
-Low Mass
-New books came in the Mail:

More catholic All Year Booklets!!!! (and the April booklet is THICK!) I haven't had much of a chance yet to even look inside of these, but am very excited to have them!!
-read from: Lent for Children, A Time of renewal

3/27/19
-Low Mass
-Read from a character calendar (I've missed this book!!)
-Investigated New "Catholic All Year Books" (can't wait for April to begin!!)

3/28/19
-Read from: Lent for Children, A time of renewal, A character calendar (what a treat!)
-Listened to Jesus of Nazareth on Librivox
-New Books: Good Saint Anne (booklet) Butler's Lives of the Saints & Imitation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (all from Tan books--- I bought these when it was the St Benedict's Day Sale--they are all so beautiful, I am excited to have them in my collection & can't wait to read them! So grateful  for the St Benedict's Day sale!!)

3/29/19
-Low Mass; purple; Feria mass for Friday of the third week of lent
-Read from: Lent for Children, a time of renewal
-thought up edits for my way of the cross document

3/30/19
-Read from: Lent for Children, a time of renewal, Sunday Morning Story Land, Catholic All March booklet, With the church volume 1
-Mass
-I got a new shelf!!!!! I have a bit of organizing to do on it, but it is might nice having (nearly) all my books in one place--and pretty accessible.
-made edits on my way of the cross document

Update:
I have pretty much ditched the "40 steps to Easter" booklet from Dumb Ox pub--and I don't have a great reason why... I was reading with my friend nearly every day, but, I didn't pre-read (ever!) when I should have and awkwardly read things out loud to her (like I read "thank you for the gift of being able to walk" (which was in the book) when she hasn't been able to walk in almost 20 years...so that was...awkward), so I kind of stopped bringing the book to her house. and sure, I could read it to myself, but the daily sections are so short that it feels like some thing I *should/could* read with her, so mentally It feels like I *can't/shouldn't* read it with myself...its complicated. but I've basically ditched it and I don't think/plan on going back to it (even though I could...)
I have been saying the stations of the cross by myself nearly every day, and this was a goal of mine. I use either my document or the Catholic All Year ones. I've said it with my friend not as often as I had envisioned us, but we have a  handful of times. I have also found that I don't have enough breath (or something) to say a rosary and the stations in one day with her, so I usually choose the rosary because it's *generally* a smoother experience.
My Lenten readings have gone...mostly well. There's no zeal or anything or but the habit is there. I'm looking forward to starting a new book or two soon.
I have been going to low mass pretty much every day it was offered this lent (I overslept at least a few mornings...)
So, I guess, you could say that lent has been pretty fruitful this year.

March reads

One Beautiful Dream by Jennifer Fulwiler
Bible History by Ignatius Schuster (in progress from a previous month)
Nathan Coulter by Wendell Berry
Good Saint Anne (booklet)

+ Mass Facing the People by the same author 

Feast of the Annunciation:: 3/25/19

~making plans~
-Mass
-Lenten reading: Lent for Children, A Time of Renewal
-Calendar Work: Tan Books
-Father Oak:
-Feast day reading: With the Church Volume 1, Hoever's Lives of the Saints, Catholic All March Booklet, Catholic All Year Compendium, A Character Calendar,
-Art: Signs & Symbols in Christian Art
-Wildflowers and Marbles blog, The Magnificat, Writing/Notes, the Litany of Loretto, look at art/picture study

(typically the day before a "big"/"bigger" feast day I will make my plans for the day on a spiral notebook like this--it's not much different than my daily routine, but it is nice to have on paper and not just in my head--plus I can look back on it in future years. Putting these notes on papers also, help me to feel organized for the day--although, this planning is nothing extravagant.)

3/25/19
A packed day for the liturgical year--and I soaked it in as much as I could! As well as doing lots of writing as it related to the day, and taking many notes.
-I Prayed the stations of the cross (and once again observed all of the edits I need to make on my document) because it was the feast of St Dismas
-I went to a lovely sung mass at Saint Mary's Pine Bluff said by Father Z
-Before bed I read from the Catholic All March booklet
-Calendar Work: Tan Books
-Read from: Lent for children, a time of renewal, the catholic all year compendium, Mondays with Mary, with the church volume 1, the wild flowers & Marbles blog (+picture study from there), Father Z's blog, Saints a Year in faith and art, Signs and Symbols in christian art
-Prayed the Angelus several times, and the litany of loretto

all this made for a very lovely day with much reflection, learning and appreciating the riches of our Holy Catholic Faith.

Lent week 2:: 3/18/19-3/23/19

Low Mass isn't/wasn't offered Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday

Monday 3/18/19
-Read from Lent for Children, A Time of Renewal, Lives of the Saints, Saints a Year in faith and art
-Made St Joseph's day plans
-Listened to Jesus of Nazareth by Mother Mary Loyola on Librivox (I kind of forgot that I started this)

Tuesday 3/19/19 Saint Joseph
-Mass
-read from Lent for Children, With the church volume 1, saints a year in faith and art, a time of renewal, the catholic all year compendium, signs and symbols in christian art, the year and our children, a character calendar & lives of the saints
-Father Oak: white

{making plans}

{plans for the day}

3/20/19
-Read from: a time of renewal, lent for children

3/21/19 Saint Benedict
-Low Mass; Father Oak: Purple; Ferial Mass for Thursday of the Second week of Lent-I think
-Took advantage of Tan Books 40% off sale (This probably doesn't cunt as liturgical living, but I did do it in honor of today's feast day)
-Read from: Lent for Children, A Time of Renewal, Lives of the Saints

3/22/19
-missed mass because I slept in
-Read from Lent for Children, A time of renewal, Hoever's Lives of the Saints

3/23/19:
-Read from: Lent for Children, a time of renewal
-Read from "Saints & Festivals"
-Said the stations of the cross with my own booklet (I'd say it was basically a success)
-Ordered/bought: Catholic All April Booklet +  Catholic All Visits to the Blessed Sacrament booklet. SUPER excited for these!!
-Mass

end of week 2 update:
So Lent has been going pretty well. I haven't said the Stations of the Cross as much as I wanted, but have been doing a simplified one every time I go to mass. I have been doing "enough" reading, although I want to listen to Jesus of Nazareth More on Librivox. Originally I was going to not listen to anything on Spotify or YouTube for all of Lent, but I have really failed on that already, as I still have been using spotify nearly every day, but I have been listening to more Latin lesson CDs, and I have turned down my amount of recreational YouTubing-so that is good, AND I have curbed my trips to culvers, which was another thing I wanted to accomplish over Lent...
I have been sprinkling in some bible history reading towards the end of this week as well.

Feast of St Patrick:: 3/17/19

{plans for the day}

~ Low Mass

 {art}

{reading + notes}

{how my cube shelf has been looking lately}

~Read from A Character Calendar
~Read St Patrick's Breastplate from Catholic All March Booklet

Lent Week 1 happenings:: 3/10/19-3/16/19

3/10 1st Sunday of Lent
-read from A Time of Renewal, Lent for Children
-worked on my way of the cross project

I don't get how to use the Dumb Ox Calendars, so I haven't been using them at all; but, I have been enjoying the "40 steps to Easter" booklet that I got with one of the calendars-that has been a hit!
-Caught up on readings from A Character Calendar and 40 steps to Easter
-St Joseph Novena day 1. I hardly ever do novenas anymore besides this one.

3/11/19
-Low Mass: Monday of the first week of Lent
-Father Oak: Purple
-Read from: Lent for Children, A Time of Renewal
-Saint Joseph Novena day 2
-calendar work

3/12/19
-Low Mass: St Pope Gregory the Great
-Father Oak: white
-read from Lent for Children and a Time of Renewal
-calendar work

3/13/19 Ember Wednesday of lent
-Low Mass (I forgot my missal)
-Father Oak: Purple
-caught up on readings from a character calendar and 40 steps to Easter. I think it will skip reading the "action"/"practice" section from 40 steps to Easter from here on out.
-stations of the cross at the church.
-calendar work

3/14/19
-Low Mass
-calendar work

3/15/19
-Caught up on readings from Lent for Children, a time of renewal
-Bonnie Engstrom talk at Ladies of Divine Mercy

3/16/19
-read from Lent for Children, a time of renewal
-calendar work
-read a bunch from with the church volume 1, Sunday Morning Storyland: 2nd Sunday of Lent
-mass

Ash Wednesday, Thursday after, Friday after, Saturday After:: 3/6/19-3/9/19

3/6/19, Ash Wednesday
-Low Mass, received ashes (nice and thick)
-writing
-ordered Catholic All Year Printable Lent DIY Bundle
-read from Lent for Children, with the church volume one, the catholic all march booklet, and a Time of renewal.

{nice and thick}


3/7/19 St Thomas Aquinas, Thursday after Ash Wednesday
-Low Mass, votive mass of Our Lord Jesus Christ Supreme and Eternal priest
-Catholic All January Booklet-St Thomas Aquinas
-Calendar Work--Dumb Ox Pub, Tan Books
-Lives of the Saints-St Thomas Aquinas
-Read-A Time of Renewal, Lent for Children
-finished Yesterday, Today and Forever by Maria Von Trapp

3/8/19 Friday after Ash Wednesday
-Low Mass
-Read from a Character calendar, and 40 steps to Easter booklet (caught up on readings)
-Prayed the stations of the cross with the Catholic All March booklet. I need a new booklet. I looked through a friend's booklets, and took one to borrow.

3/9/19 Saturday after Ash Wednesday, Saint Frances of Rome
-Calendar Work-Tan books, Catholic All March booklet,
-Read from a time of renewal, lent for children, The Catholic All Year compendium, lives of the Saints, saints a year in faith and art and, with the church volume 1
-I am making my own stations of the cross booklet/document.
-Made some prints
-Mass at night

All together, a very successful start to Lent!! I plan to continue cruising through Lent for Children, a time of renewal, 40 steps to Easter, a character calendar, and with the church volume 1. I plan to continue using the catholic all march booklet, going to mass as often as I can, and other things as time/energy allows. I am hoping to finish pulling together my stations of the cross document. (probably a "simple" one, and then, one with art and bible readings). This is my next project to finish, and I hope to have it done on/by Monday.

March Feast days 3/1/19-3/5/19

3/1/19
-Read from a character calendar

3/2-3/3
-Mass
-fell asleep reading from with the church volume 1 :/ I had a really bad headache that day, so the reading doesn't count, but the effort was made to do it.

3/4/19 St Casimir
-Father Oak: white
-Low Mass
-read the dream of the rood and the stabat mater dolorosa
-read from a character calendar
-read "st chad" from Saints and Festivals
-started to read Yesterday, Today and Forever by Maria Von Trapp, its rather boring.
-received calendars from Dumb Ox Publications in the Mail, My first purchase from Dumb Ox Publications, and I am excited!

3/5/19
-Litany of loretto
-did some writing
-read from with the church volume 1, finished chapter from Sunday
-Read from Yesterday, Today and Forever by Maria Von Trapp. Its rather boring, I don't know if I will finish it.
-read from A Character Calendar
-reviewed Lent plans (again)

February Reads

*not including liturgical year books/reading.

I've been using the library again, and have been on a bit of a kick now....

(I've been reading some Fascinating ALS Memoirs lately...so good!)