Today is Ash Wednesday and for us placing ashes on our foreheads to mark the beginning of Lent is normal. I wonder what others might think. Sometimes those who aren’t familiar with this tradition, such as non-Catholics at work, at school, in stores, and many other places might try to help us out by saying, “Do you know that you have some dirt on your head?” At which point you might suddenly remember it’s Ash Wednesday and this day is the beginning of Lent. It’s an opportunity to share the Good News about Jesus Christ and our Season of Lent. But what’s Lent all about?
Lent is a time to refocus on our relationship with God and our pursuit of Heaven. It is a time to prepare for Easter by making more room in our hearts for Jesus Christ. In a special way we are to recall how we have gone astray by sin and repent. We are to turn our hearts away from the things the distract us from God and seek to be with Him forever.
Listen to my homily to learn more.
Ash Wednesday - February 26th, 2020
Readings: Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6AB, 12-13, 14 AND 17; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
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