{"id":101412,"date":"2024-03-26T01:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T05:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ignatiansolidarity.net\/?p=101412"},"modified":"2024-03-25T10:02:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T14:02:19","slug":"pacing-ourselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ignatiansolidarity.net\/blog\/2024\/03\/26\/pacing-ourselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday of Holy Week: Pacing Ourselves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BY <a href=\"https:\/\/ignatiansolidarity.net\/blog\/author\/cesteves\/\">COURTNEY ESTEVES<\/a> <\/strong>| <em>March 26th, 2024<\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/032624.cfm\">Today&#8217;s readings<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ignatiansolidarity.net\/blog\/2024\/03\/26\/milla-24-del-maraton-cuaresmal\/\">Versi\u00f3n en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.captivate.fm\/episode\/80c0c678-ac08-4440-a453-7d530de1a506\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Lent were a marathon, we would be approaching mile 24 today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> parallel between 40 days and 26.2 miles is inspired by Marcia Lane-McGee, co-author of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fat Luther, Slim Pickin\u2019s: <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Black Catholic Celebration of Faith, Tradition, and Diversity. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the \u201cTriduum\u201d chapter, Lane-McGee shares a memorable story about calling her mom at mile 26 of a marathon, \u201cfeeling as if it were finally over.\u201d She learned, though, that celebrating at mile 26 was premature. Lane-McGee writes that the final fifth of a mile is \u201ca painful, uncomfortable part that makes the race longer than I think it should be, but I can&#8217;t celebrate until it\u2019s done.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-101415 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ignatiansolidarity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/03.26.24-featured-Courtney-Esteves.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ignatiansolidarity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/03.26.24-featured-Courtney-Esteves.jpg 845w, https:\/\/ignatiansolidarity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/03.26.24-featured-Courtney-Esteves-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ignatiansolidarity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/03.26.24-featured-Courtney-Esteves-80x43.jpg 80w, https:\/\/ignatiansolidarity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/03.26.24-featured-Courtney-Esteves-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ignatiansolidarity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/03.26.24-featured-Courtney-Esteves-705x375.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although my introduction to Lane-McGee\u2019s insights was a few weeks ago in a book group at my university\u2019s Catholic center, reading today\u2019s Scripture brought back to mind her marathon analogy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today\u2019s Gospel situates us at that most important dinner table, but we have <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not yet<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received the stories of Christ\u2019s washing of the feet or offering of body and blood in the bread and wine at that same table. Similarly, this Tuesday, we find ourselves in a time known as \u201cHoly Week,\u201d but it is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not yet <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the holy days of Triduum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are at <\/span><b>the<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> table and we are in <\/span><b>the<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> week, but let us pace ourselves! At this mile 24 marker, how might you refresh your approach to today and these coming days? How might we suspend our celebration just a little while longer to fully immerse ourselves in the heartbreaking drama of these days? In a time of not yet, may you turn toward God in every fraction of a mile of this Holy Week journey, trusting that God is already there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are at the table and we are in the week, but let us pace ourselves! 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