I attended mass today 'cause it's Ash Wednesday. I think it's just like the second or third school mass I've attended since the start of college so that speaks a lot about how much of a responsible Catholic I am. Well, I successfully abstained from meat today and fasted too since I didn't have breakfast and only had Bread Pan for lunch. Not really that hard for me since I'm used to not eating lunch whenever I've got so little time for too much things to do.
Well, I realized how useless this fasting and abstaining thing for me. haha It seemed that I did follow the prescribed sacrifice for the day but it was too superficial to suffice for the uncontrolled and uncalled for stuff I said and did today. It came off to me as rather hypocritical since I did sacrifice but my faults still showed up and somewhat became more significant than my sacrifice. It's something that I should ponder on and change this season of Lent since it's about time that things change for me. I profoundly remember a message from the homily today: In dying, we live. Quite ironic but it seems applicable for my situation since I've experienced so much pain the past year. It's about time, even though way delayed, to rise up and live again.
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