Fast. Pray. Give. .

Fast.

Don't cut corners. Even if no one will know, complete today's work thoroughly.

Pray.

Light a candle. Every time you pass that candle today, offer a prayer of thanks. Don't ask for anything. Just thanks him.

Give.

Touch is a powerful thing. Make an effort to touch your children: a hug, a shoulder rub, a tousled head--especially the bigger ones.

Lord, Hear Our Prayer

Think:
Many a friendship, long, loyal, and self-sacrificing, rested at first on no thicker a foundation than a kind word. The two men were not likely to be friends. Perhaps each of them
regarded the other's antecedents with somewhat of distrust. They had possibly been set against each other by the circulation of gossip. Or they had been looked upon as rivals, and the success of one was regarded as incompatible with the success of the other. But a kind word, perhaps a mere report of a kind word, has been enough to set all things straight, and to be the commencement of an enduring friendship. Fr. Faber

Pray:
Sweet Jesus, today make me very aware of every opportunity to utter kind words. Give me the courage and the sweetness of disposition to say them and to mean them.

Act:
Where are your opportunities to speak words of kindness? Begin in your own home, first thing in the morning, and then seize every opportunity in all the social spheres where you find yourself today. Look particularly to someone you don't consider a friend, someone who might even be an adversary. Speak words of genuine kindness and compassion.

And then,

As we seek to grow together, to combat comparing and competing and envy, use social media this week to spread genuine kindness.

Kindness is the virtue that snuffs out envy.

Be kind.

How can we pray for you this week?

Fast. Pray. Give.

Fast

Don't read blogs, or message boards, or Facebook, or Twitter, or anything else today . Ask God to make you aware of how much time you have gained and to show you how He wants you to fill that time.

Pray

Prayer reveals to souls the vanity of earthly goods and pleasure. It fills them with light, strength and consolation; and gives them a foretaste of the calm bliss of our heavenly home" (St. Rose of Viterbo).

Ask God to conquer your vanity and inspire you to bring calm bliss to your home on earth so that home becomes a foretaste of heaven for your family.

Give

Go outside and play with your children. Don't just watch them. Engage.

Fast. Pray. Give.

Fast

Don't rob your family of yourself in order to impress others. That's not impressive.

Pray

Give your troubles to God who is infinitely powerful and can transform them.

Give

Be Christ to your family today. Feed their minds. Fill their hearts.

Fast. Pray. Give.

Fast

If it doesn't build you up and strengthen you in your vocation, why read it, why listen to it, why do it, why bother?

Pray

Remember that work can be prayer, too. Give God your most gruesome tak today. Do it with diligence and love.

Give

Think of the kind of person your husband was when you were dating. Love and serve that person today.