Lent

With the arrival of Ash Wednesday, the season of Lent is upon us.  The ashes remind us of our mortality and sackcloth, an ancient symbol of repentance, helps us to reflect upon our lives and walk more closely with the Lord.  This is a good time to take stock of our lives and ask God to forgive us and help us remain faithful as His disciples.

But Lent (“lengthening of days” or “spring”) is also a time of joy and hope.  During Lent we journey alongside Jesus to the Cross in repentance and on to the open tomb in celebration of new life, His life and ours.  In the light of our Lenten journey, I invite you to pray with me ….

Preserve our souls, establish our bodies, upraise our senses, direct our conversations, compose our manners, bless our actions, perfect our prayers, inspire holy meditations; the sins done aforetime forgive, the present correct, the future prevent. Amen. (prayer by Lanceot Andres,1555-1626)