{"id":83784,"date":"2014-03-01T14:23:04","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T22:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=83784"},"modified":"2025-10-16T08:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:41:11","slug":"planning-for-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/planning-for-lent\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning for Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nU<\/span>sually I work out my Lenten plan some few weeks before the start of the season, but here it is, the Saturday before Ash Wednesday, and I’m only now thinking about it!<\/p>\n

In my own defense, I’ve been working on my presentation to our Catechumens on Monday about Ash Wednesday and Lent, so it’s not been far from my mind. I just haven’t formulated an actual plan yet.<\/p>\n

Last year, inspired by our upcoming Camino, I followed a Lenten Pilgrimage<\/a>. <\/p>\n

This afternoon, I saw a great interview of Dom Philip Anderson, Abbot of Our Lady of the Annunciation of Clear Creek Abbey<\/a>, and it’s got my brain going.<\/p>\n

He talks a bit about the “poetry” of Benedictine life and, although he didn’t use that word, the romance <\/em>of the contemplative, monastic experience.<\/p>\n