Hot off the press or should I say fresh from the artist's pen, here is a visual pathway for marking our journey during Lent. Lydia kindly made a new calendar for us this year. As in other years, we mount it simply on a piece of purple construction paper. The young ones color one space each day as we make our way through Lent,
moving ever closer to Holy Week and finally the glory of Easter. Lydia did a lovely job, surrounding the page with a border of thorns, with lilies at Easter Sunday when we will celebrate the triumph of the Resurrection. I wasn't going to use one of these this year, but Eliza is already asking to cover the statues (as we do in Passiontide) and make kalacs and birds' nests (as we do for Easter), so I thought a little visual of the forty days would be helpful. ;-)
Be sure to select 'fit to printable area' when you go to print it. (it prints well in black and white - the purple you see is the paper it is mounted on)
A blessed Ash Wednesday to you all.
My compliments to the artist! I think my girls will enjoy putting these in the front of their Lenten journals. Thank you for sharing it!
Posted by: sarah | February 22, 2012 at 05:29 PM
this is absolutely lovely!!! i had just printed a simlar version but i'm changing it right now. thanks!
prayers for a fruitful Lent.
Ad Jesum per Mariam,
lena
Posted by: lena | February 22, 2012 at 05:43 PM
Perfect! Thank you Lydia dear.
Posted by: Michele Q. | February 22, 2012 at 05:55 PM
Thank you! I will be printing off a few of these for the younger ones in the family to help them mark off the days of Lent. A blessed Lent to you and your family.
Posted by: Nadja | February 22, 2012 at 09:49 PM
Thank you, thank you, thank you! My girls were just asking me today about a Lent calendar. And, viola!, here you give me one. You are the best! Deo Gratias!
Many blessings this Lent!
Martha
Posted by: Martha in SD | February 23, 2012 at 01:26 AM
Lydia, thankyou so much for allowing me to print this LOVELY calendar for lent. When I first opened the page my first thought was "oh I wish I could print this off eh" ;-)
Father Benedict Groeschel CFR, whom I feel is my spiritual father & director, lives in NYC. He comments in his books and on his TV program thru EWTN that on Ash wednesday at St Patricks in NYC, there are many many non Catholics attending. As one gentleman of the Jewish faith once commented to him many years ago "its free, and it can't hurt"!
Posted by: Theresa in Alberta | February 23, 2012 at 08:18 AM
I have never commented before, but I want to thank you and your daughter so much for this. It is beautiful. I have asked my husband to print it off at his work, and we will follow it this Lent. Thank you,
Posted by: Katie | February 23, 2012 at 09:06 AM
Thank you so much for sharing this. Such a lovely job, Lydia!
Posted by: servant2theKing | February 23, 2012 at 01:57 PM
Lovely artwork Lydia...thank you for sharing with everyone. May God bless you and your family this Lenten season.
Posted by: Kelly B. | February 23, 2012 at 02:52 PM
Thank you for sharing, it is very lovely! I love how well the art work is done, very respectfully and yet useable for children. I added your link to this post to our Lent page over at Sanctus Simplicitus. God bless!
Posted by: CeAnne @Sanctus Simplicitus | February 23, 2012 at 03:56 PM
Thanks so much Lydia- this is really pretty! We very much enjoyed using your chart last year and this one is even better. Wishing you all a fruitful Lent.
Posted by: Rachel | February 23, 2012 at 05:00 PM
Oh how beautiful! And perfect because Bella has just become obsessed with marking days off her calendar. I'm printing off three copies because I know Ben and Bella and Sophie will each want their own. Many thanks to Lydia for sharing her lovely art with us.
Posted by: MelanieB | February 23, 2012 at 09:58 PM
So, so, so incredibly beautiful. We tip our hats to the young artist.
Posted by: Marcie in Canada | February 24, 2012 at 12:36 AM
Oh this is lovely! Thank you so much for creating and sharing it with us all. My children love it.
Posted by: Ellie | February 24, 2012 at 08:16 PM
Thank you all for your kind comments! I am glad you like and are using the calendar!
Posted by: Lydia | February 24, 2012 at 09:20 PM
Thank you, Lydia, it's just gorgeous-one of the most beautiful I've seen.
Posted by: justamouse | February 25, 2012 at 07:54 PM
Did you use a series of books to teach your children drawing or did they attend a special class? My 10 yr old loves to draw (especially birds)& I enrolled her in a 6 week program w/ our local arts alliance but I want to help her develop her skills more.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.:)
Debbie
Posted by: debbie | February 26, 2012 at 11:09 AM