Lent train left the station: did you catch it?

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Got the ashes last Wednesday
   (or didn't)...

Know what I'm giving up for Lent
   (not really)...

Praying more each day
   (not so much)...

Setting coin aside to help the poor
   (wanna do that)...

Off to a great start
   (is it Lent already?)...

Lord,
   it's a week into Lent
   and we're all in different places...

Some of us have run seven laps,
   others are still looking for the start line...

Some of us do this really well
   and some of us have a hard time with it...

Help us all be modest in our goals
   and realistic in our pledges...

Help us make a simple plan for Lent

and (with your help) to keep it...

Help us pause each day for prayer,
   if only for five minutes...

Help us fast and go without
   to learn what truly feeds us...

Open up hearts and our wallets,
   to those in need...

It's still early, not too late,
   to board the Lenten train...