Today is Ash Wednesday, it marks the beginning of our Lenten Journey. I will be offering a post here every day during Lent to help you along your journey. I hope you find these posts helpful and I hope you will feel free to respond to any of the posts (especially if I ask a question) Looking forward to journeying together with you during this Holy season of Lent.

We put ashes on our heads today to:

• Remind us that we all have sinned and we all need repentance, to let God, through Christ, change our hearts and lives.
• Remind us of all those around the world who are mourning and suffering.
• Remind us that in the passage of time, we will all someday die.
• Remind us of Christ's suffering, death and resurrection.
• Remind us that in the midst of this, we are still called, claimed, forgiven and loved Children of God.

Our Prayer of Confession:

Loving and gracious God,

my sins are too heavy to carry,

too real to hide and too deep to undo.

 

Forgive what my lips tremble to name,

what my heart can no longer bear,

and what has become for me a consuming

fire of judgment.

 

Set me free from a past I cannot change,

open to me a future in which I CAN BE CHANGED,

and grant me grace to GROW more and more

like Jesus.

Amen

 

Hear the Good News. . .  .In the name of Jesus Christ, you are FORGIVEN!