Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Why all the ashes...


The Anglican News Service has a good article concerning Lent and Ash Wednesday. Here is an excert...

....While ashes may signify and remind, they also invite. They invite us to repentance. They invite us to turn again to God and to receive new life. Isaiah brings glad tidings to the people of Israel, “to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning.” Ashes are not the end but are just the beginning. They begin a season that moves us through silence and longing into a season of joy and resurrection....

You can read the entire article here. Have a blessed Lent.

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