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Today's Daily Bread

Wed. Feb 22, 2012 : Joel 2:12-18; 2 Cor. 5:20–6:2; Matt 6:1-6, 16-18

Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart. Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. This 40-day journey toward Easter is a solemn and serious time. It is a time to forget the trivia of daily living and contemplate life itself. It is a time to look in the mirror and see ourselves as we really are, warts and all. When we receive the ashes on our forehead, we are marked as sinners, as people who have not accomplished all that we promised to do when we made our vows to Christ and the church. But the ashes also mark us as people who nonetheless seek to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. Bless us, eternal God, that this may be a season of renewal and spiritual growth.

Jeanne Lischer

 

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