We are planning to join call 🙋‍♀️ I am giving up social media and news, following the Eat Fast Feast book, adding in Morning Prayer, and attending daily Mass 4 times per week instead of only attending on Thursdays (and of course Sundays :)

@Erick Amezcua secular audio books (cozy mysteries) are definitely something i could give up for Lent … maybe next year 😁

@Erick Amezcua Our decision was not our own - it is God’s will in our lives. My husband of 23 years died from ALS in April 2023. I went from taking care of him to emotionally supporting our devastated children. My son Cyrus has level one autism spectrum disorder and still struggles with grief. I had been praying for clear guidance from our Lord about what to do with my stressful work and whether we should move from our family home in Minnesota since January 2025. By the spring, i knew that we needed to move but I wasn’t sure where to go. Initially, I thought of moving to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for more resources for my son and to be closer to my daughter in Chicago. Memorial day weekend we traveled to Holy Hill outside of Milwaukee and looked at churches and neighborhoods. When I returned to work on Monday after Memorial Day weekend, I learned that my position has a federal contractor had ended, and I would be done working at the end of the day. Prayers were answered about whether to leave my job or not. Later that month, I talked to my older son who is a State Patrol officer and he said he did not feel like Milwaukee was a safe place for his brother and I. This helped me reevaluate and discern that i was still trying to be in control and had not fully surrendered. I reached out to another family member who had lived in Milwaukee and he confirmed what my son said. We continued to ask for intercessions and say the Surrender Novena continuously. Under the guidance of my uncle who was our real estate agent, my son and I worked to prepare our house to sell, leaving the rest to our Lord. We had lived in our family home since 2012. From the night we moved in there was some kind of ghost or spirit who had terrorized my children. We ended up having to have an exorcism in English (didn’t work) then a second one in Latin and Mass said in our house to get the demon out. On the one hand it was sad to leave our family home, especially because we had fought so hard for it, but on the other hand, we were excited to have a new time in our lives and for our Lord to show us what we should do and where we should go.

@Erick Amezcua we are finding a quieter life and building our routine around prayer, animal care (rabbits), farming needs (mushrooms), baking/cooking/cleaning, and attending mass and adoration most days is like balm to our bodies, minds, and souls!

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@Aaron Amezcua that is wonderful! We are going to learn more about this - thanks for pointing us in the right direction 😊

@Aaron Amezcua i will put it on the calendar and hope to be there!