It's not to late to give it up!

Feeling pressured as the days of Lent begin to wind down? Try one of the following:

Give up complaining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . focus on gratitude.

Give up cynicism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . become an optimist.

Give up harsh judgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . think kindly thoughts.

Give up worry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . trust in the Lord.

Give up discouragement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . become more hopeful.

Give up bitterness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . turn to forgiveness.

Give up resentment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cultivate some humility.

Give up negativism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be more positive.

Give up anger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be more patient.

Give up pettiness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . become mature.

Give up gloom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . learn to smile.

Give up jealousy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . adopt a generous attitude.

Give up gossiping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . control your tongue.

Give up tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . find more humor.

Give up giving up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be persistent in prayer!

From the April Parish Newsletter from International Catholic Stewardship Council

Strike will the proverbial iron is hot!

If you are as frustrated as I am about the apparent lack of concern by our politicians around the issue of poverty, have I got good news for you!

Make Poverty History has a great web page with all kinds of suggestions for action. Everyone knows that things will change when there is political will - let's make these members of parliament to be know what's important and challenge them to change the climate in Ottawa.

Tis non-partisan, third party campaign aims to show candidates that many voters care about poverty and want to know what candidates and parties will do to make poverty history.

While these dedicated women and men are out and about searching for your vote to retain their seat or get a new one, why not ask them the hard questions?

If you believe that an anti proverty strategy is needed, what will you ask these candidates to promise?