It's Lent!

 A year ago, I inaugurated this blog with this article, which has been translated into English for this Lenten season. Enjoy!

It's Lent! If you're like me, you are probably overwhelmed with prayer and meditation proposals for that special time of the liturgical year. And you probably have plenty of disorganized Lenten resolutions in your head. Perhaps, just like me, you never really sat down to think about your New Year resolutions, so Lent is the perfect time to do it. Well, my brothers and sisters, it's time to stay focused! Time to put all these ideas in order, choose a prayer mode and stay as faithful to it as much as we can. Time to fix some realistic Lenten resolutions and go right at it without thinking twice! Time to take out them spiritual books that have been sleeping on your shelves taking dust! Time to clean up our soul from all the dust we've been sweeping under the rug all year. Time for retreats and sacraments!
Sure, it all looks a bit intimidating, but it shall not be done entirely by our own strengths! Lent is also a time in which we surrender to the will of God in our lives, proclaiming like Our mother "I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word", along with millions of youth throughout the world, preparing for the upcoming World Youth Day. Let's not be afraid to abandon ourselves to Christ, to push our limits, to make penance, to ask for forgiveness and to be thankful! That way, we can celebrate better the resurrection of Jesus Christ Our Lord.

May our Mother the Virgin be with us during this time of Lent.

Fraternally,

Mylène


Commentaires

Enregistrer un commentaire

Posts les plus consultés de ce blog

I am not my Hair, or Confessions of a recent Nappy

Image
We are entering Black History month. On February 16, the “Black Panther” movie is coming out. Everyone is talking about Blackness, Afro-descendants are going back to their roots... And so, I decided to write my first article on this blog that is not related to my faith. Rather than being about my one true first identity (being a daughter of God), this article will be about one of my many other identities, that of being a Black woman. Being a Black woman in a White-Male-dominated world, even though I consider myself very lucky, as a Black person, to know exactly where I come from, from what country in Africa, what village, what tribe, and to know exactly who my ancestors are. Not all of us have that chance. So let's start. As a Black woman, I was always told, out loud or not, by my Black community or not, that when it came to hair, the longer, the straighter, the better. I don't remember at what age I got my first perm, probably around 5 or 6. I just remember the be...
Lire la suite

Spécial Toussaint : Les saints les plus vénérés du Mexique

Image
Le Mexique est un pays que j’affectionne particulièrement, après l’avoir visité maintes fois et y avoir vécu à deux reprises. C’est aussi un des plus grands pays catholiques du monde, mais ça n’a pas toujours été le cas. Comme toute terre colonisée, il est passé par beaucoup de tribulations avant d'en arriver là. Afin de souligner la fête de la Toussaint que nous célébrerons dans quelques jours, je vous offre cet article sur les saints les plus vénérés du Mexique, tel que j’ai le pu le constater l’année dernière, que j’ai passée dans la ville de Mexico. 1- Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Commençons par le commencement. On est en 1531, soit 12 ans après la conquête de Tenochtitlan (présente ville de Mexico) par les Espagnols. Les Franciscains sur place sont chargés de l'évangélisation des Aztèques. Or, celle-ci est lente et va à reculons, alors que les autochtones continuent à adorer leurs dieux de manière cachée, même après avoir reçu la catéchèse et le baptême. L'é...
Lire la suite

What inspires me about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding

Image
I wasn't going to watch it. As was actually at work (yes, I work on Saturday mornings at 7 AM - believe it or not, I chose this schedule!). And even there, there was not escape from it, with the news screen only talking about it and showing clips of it all day.   That’s how I found myself, on a rather non-busy morning, tuning into CNN live to see live moments of the wedding. I didn’t expect to be moved in any way. I mean, as a Black woman, the whole “Half Black girl in the Royal family” thing sure had touched me in some kind of way. But as I my work day went on, I found myself particularly moved by the whole ceremony, to the point where I decided to write this article. Here’s what I take away from this special and historical event. Love and weddings still exist As our society and mentalities change, we now live in a world in which getting married is not necessary anymore. For many, marriage is an unnecessarily stressful and expensive commitment that does not add...
Lire la suite