Ash Wednesday

 

“Henri Nouwen once described Lent as the season during which winter and spring struggle with each other for dominance.”  It feels right to think of Lent in this way because we see how the darkness of winter and the coming of more light give way to springtime.

Lent, which actually means springtime, begins today with Ash Wednesday.  We are blessed with ashes to remind us that now is the time to return to God and to renew our desire for closer communion with our God.  Lent is the time to let God into the ashes of our lives so that we can be transformed.

It is a time of re-focusing our spiritual lives so that we may draw closer to the One who continually loves us with an overwhelming, undeserving, reckless love.   Let your heart be open to this boundless love and see where God takes you this Lent.

Sr. Barbara McMullen