[Magdalen] Lent Madness

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Nothing is for everybody.  Forward Movement probably adopted Lent Madness
because they figured it was a way to take the stodginess out of lent and
encourage more education about our saints.

In the literal sense, of course, the "saintly smack-down" is just dreadful,
but it is all meant tongue-in-cheek, and you get a flavor of that in the
comments people leave. They adamantly advocate outrageously for their
favorite saint, but also there is a lot of thinking about how one can (or
cannot) balance one saint against another, and there is a lot of meditation
on what a saint stood/stands for.

I've learned about a lot of saints I didn't know about, and learned more
about some I thought I knew about. But the idea of saints competing I am
sure turns some people right off.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Monday is the day to vote for St. Sam, Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky i
> Lent madness.  Vote early and often.
>
> --
> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
> Western Michigan
>