As we gather for the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday we seek some sign of mortality and penitence, some sign of preparation, for the culmination of the forty days and forty nights of the season is not sorrow but joy, not death but rising again.
And so today we turn our hearts anew to God.
Receive, then, the gift of mortality, and the hope of resurrection, that is built into us from the beginning by our Maker.
Make the sign of the Cross. Do it slowly and mindfully as we pray together. And remember - it is not about the ashes. Not even today. It is about the Cross and Resurrection. It is about Jesus, and the work he is doing in us, through the Spirit.
Have a blessed Lent. Give something up, take something on - and remember that you are loved in the mercy of God.
For Ash Wednesday.
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