Identity, Community and Action
Receiving of Ashes
Identity, Community and Action
Receiving of Ashes
Today we begin our forty day season of Lent that leads to Easter. On Ash Wednesday, we remind ourselves that we don’t always follow God’s ways and that we need to ask God for mercy and forgiveness. Like God’s people in the time of the Prophets, we wear ashes to show that we want to turn away from whatever keeps us from God, and to have a change of heart, so that we can live in right relationship with God and each other.
Jesus said to his disciples: “When you do good deeds, don’t try to show off.
If you do, you won’t get a reward from your Father in heaven.
When you give to the poor, don’t blow a loud horn.
That’s what show-offs do in the meeting places and on the street corners, because they are always looking for praise.
I can assure you that they already have their reward.
When you give to the poor, don’t let anyone know about it.
Then your gift will be given in secret.
Your Father knows what is done in secret, and he will reward you.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
Take some time to prepare yourself for the season of Lent:
Merciful God, tenderly guide us through this Lenten season. May the ashes that we wear today strengthen us to live with the risen Christ. Amen
Ria Greene
Deputy Principal
Identity, Community and Action