![]() The Church has long recognized how challenging it is to keep these core promises that constitute walking in the Way of Christ. This is made visible and tangible with the imposition of ashes from last year’s Palm Sunday palms, which seem to retrace the Baptismal Cross on our foreheads as a reminder of the promises we make each time we renew our Baptismal Covenant: to participate in the full life of the Body of Christ, his Church to say we are sorry whenever we have violated our relationships with God and others, all others that everything we do and say will proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ that we will seek and serve Christ in all persons that we will strive for justice and peace for all people, and respect the dignity of every human being. ![]() We are invited to stop the whirlwind of life and activities that surround us on all sides and remember: God hates nothing God has made God forgives the sins of all who are penitent our God is the “God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness.” As if all this in the opening collect is not enough, the reminder that we “are dust, and to dust shall return” ought to put our life in Christ into a proper perspective of humility. It offers us an opportunity to stop, reflect on who we are and whose we are, adopt an attitude of humility, hit the reset button, and begin again. ![]() ![]() The Ash Wednesday liturgy is possibly the most meaningful liturgy in our Book of Common Prayer. ![]()
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