Prayers and Reflections in Season
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. At the Ash Wednesday service this evening, our rector Dianne Andrews will draw a cross on my forehead in ash and tell me to “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” She’ll do that for every person who walks up to the altar. In response, I’ll say “Amen!”
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It's Lent, and I find myself in a process of letting go, and letting go.Continue reading “Letting Go, and Letting Go”
Responsive Prayers by Tom Robb, for use on the first Sunday of Lent.
With Lenten prayer and Lenten hope the Spirit beckons us on toward Jerusalem.
In Moses’ dusty footsteps we follow Jesus into the howling wilderness – comfort only a memory.
A Homily for Ash Wednesday
by
Margaret D. McGee
Greetings, fellow mortals.
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Responsive prayers by Brad Offutt, appropriate for use during Lent.
God of every time and place, help all who in their journey, step by step, come to worship you in spirit and in truth.
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A Homily for Ash Wednesday
by
Margaret D. McGee
Responsive prayers by Thomas Robb, appropriate for use in Advent or Lent, or anytime that calls for silent prayer.
In silence, or aloud, give thanks to God for all that we have… all that we are… all that we may become – be it broken, or complete, or somehow, both.
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A Homily for Ash Wednesday
by
Elizabeth A. Bloch
Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras – a time to remember and celebrate the reality that we are so much more complicated than we like to think we are.
Ash Wednesday – a time to remember and celebrate the reality that we are so much simpler than we like to think we are.
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that you are made of dust
and you will return to dust.
Remember too
that we are made in the image of God –
May God bless our feet...
On February 6, 2010, I met with five other women at St. Placid Priory in Lacey, Washington, for a retreat called “Stumbling Toward God.” At the close of the day, we joined together in a brief worship service, each of us offering a prayer or blessing for our time together.
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