Face it: Lent just doesn't cut it anymore. In theory, Catholics in the United States should be the best keepers of Lent ever. Why not? We get so much so easily compared to almost everybody else now or ever. A little cutting back ought to be almost attractive.
Lay off all that beef, pork and poultry we eat the other 325 days of the year. Turn off the television that mostly insults us anyway. Read challenging books. Try to find some silence. Park the car and take the bus. Stop ...