With Ash Wednesday we begin the season of Lent. I recently listened to the song Ashes. We rise again from ashes. This is a wonderful image of repentance and is fitting for the season of Lent. However, as I contemplated the older meaning of the word “Lent” as springtime, a different image came to mind. IContinue reading “Ash Wednesday”
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Salvation Is More Than You Think
“All this is the work of the kindness of our God, the dayspring who shall visit us in mercy to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.” Benedictus For us Christians this is the season of Lent. We marked ourselves withContinue reading “Salvation Is More Than You Think”
Ash Wednesday
Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel. Ash Wednesday To prepare the ashes for Ash Wednesday it is our custom to take the blessed palms from the year before and burn them, adding blessed oil. These are the ashes that are placed on our foreheads as a mark of repentance. We takeContinue reading “Ash Wednesday”
Bishop Kedda 