Thursday after Ash Wednesday

Deuteronomy 30:15-20Luke 9:22-25 Choose life, then, so that you andyour descendants may live in the loveof the Lord your God, obeying his voice and clinging to him: for in this your life consists… Today’s reading from Deuteronomy offers us a mini framework for our Lenten path: choosing life,living in love,obeying his voice,clinging to him. Each …

Ash Wednesday

Joel 2:1-2. 12-17Matthew 6:1-6 ‘Now, now – it is the Lord who speaks –come back to me with all your heart,fasting, weeping, mourning.’Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn,turn to the Lord your God again,for he is all tenderness and compassion,slow to anger, rich in graciousness,and ready to relent.Who knows if he will not turn …