Wednesday, February 25, 2009

ASH WEDNESDAY

"The ashes we use are the burnt palms from last year's celebration of Passion Sunday.
We begin our Lenten journey aware of where we are going.
We want to enter into the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus for us more fully.
That is the purpose of our journey.  It is why we mark our heads with His cross.
It is why we fast today...
Our Lenten program is not an effort to save ourselves.
We have been saved by His sacrifice.
Our self-denial helps us, in the darkness that surrounds us,
to prepare ourselves to receive His light.
For this is a journey to the Easter font."

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