Wednesday of the First Week of Lent

As more snow is predicted to visit us again in the next 24 to 36 hours, there comes along with it an unsolicited Lenten Sacrifice.
We may well become inconvenienced once again. Normal routines will be interrupted by postponements and unwelcomed shoveling. And...the temptation to complain will knock loudly at the door of one's consciousness.

May I suggest that you think about the inconveniences of the people in Haiti, the anxiety of parents as they send their children to school in war-ravaged nations, unsettled neighborhoods in the Middle East, even the weather extremes on our own west coast. We think we have it bad.

You can easily get to the market.
The mail will be delivered without any threat of security.
Most of us have transportation of some kind.
Hunger is, at least, not on my doorstep.

So, as you are doing snow removal tomorrow, do so with a sense gratitude for what you do have.
Appreciate the silence of a world hushed by snowy weather.

Pax et Bonum