It’s almost a week into Lent, the 40 days before Easter. I guess it has been tradition or something in which we as Roman Catholics would give up something for these days of repentance that lead to the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. I remember having to do it as a kid, but it is not something I really took seriously. I mean, nobody really ever told us just why we do it and such. I guess something that happened last year explains just why.

Last year during Lent, I attended an Ash Wednesday Mass up at SFU said by Fr. James Hughes. The thing from his homily that stood out is that just like how professional athletes train in order to do well, the Lenten seasons is special training for us Catholics such that we may be better people who can live more in the likeness of Christ. Well, it’s something like that; it is one year ago after all. It is quite an interesting analogy though, and it is quite true.

So this year during Lent, I decided to give up two things during these forty days: games (with the exception of the CSSS Games Night happening sometime in the middle of March) and alcohol (which I enjoy but refuse to over-indulge in).

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