Kids and Lent
25 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Lent
While my husband and I will be confirmed at Easter Vigil this year, our two oldest boys won’t receive First Communion until next year. So this year, I wanted to keep Lent pretty simple for them. I explained the season and gave them a choice to eliminate candy or reduce TV time. They chose to give up TV time.
I was surfing some blogs and found a long post about all that Lent is about. The links to other resources are so helpful. I signed the boys up for the Lenten Adventure series through Holy Heroes. It includes activity pages, coloring pages, videos and audio series. The boys loved the idea about the Bean jar. For every sacrifice that the boys make, they put a bean in a jar in anticipation of Easter morning when they turn into jelly beans. My second child is super excited about it.
I think it is quite important to show the children how to deprive themselves of what they desire and what they can have. Our lives can easily be consumed with satisfying ourselves. It sadly creates an idol out of ourselves. The purpose to Lent to me is to get out of our ruts and make sure that God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is solely the recipient of our worship and adoration.
