AND SO TO LENT
"Memento Homo, quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris" (Remember man that you are dust and unto dust you shall return")
• Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent
"Memento Homo, quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris" (Remember man that you are dust and unto dust you shall return")
• Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent
• We put ashes on our foreheads to remind ourselves that there is
something deeper to life than just enjoying ourselves, so today we
started out
• To concentrate on growing inside
• During Lent we will try to do three things to help us grow inside and so closer to God. Here are the three things
1. Prayer
2. Fasting
3. Almsgiving
Each one is important in its own way.
If we fast but don’t pray, then we may be only dieting to lose weight and that will not help us grow inside.
If we pray but don’t fast we may just get lost in our own thoughts and not really think of God and that would be a waste of Lent.
And if we Pray and Fast, but don’t give alms, then we may be self centred and thinking we are better than we are, so
We need all three
• To concentrate on growing inside
• During Lent we will try to do three things to help us grow inside and so closer to God. Here are the three things
1. Prayer
2. Fasting
3. Almsgiving
Each one is important in its own way.
If we fast but don’t pray, then we may be only dieting to lose weight and that will not help us grow inside.
If we pray but don’t fast we may just get lost in our own thoughts and not really think of God and that would be a waste of Lent.
And if we Pray and Fast, but don’t give alms, then we may be self centred and thinking we are better than we are, so
We need all three
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