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Today’s readings Saint Valentine was a clergyman who lived in the third century. A martyr, he was beheaded on February 14 in the year 369. Before this, he had been condemned to death for evangelizing. But the pagan judge gave … Continued
Today’s readings Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your God. Today we begin something really important. And I don’t mean just the smudging of our foreheads with the ashes of burnt palms. That’s just an … Continued
Today’s readings Someone reminded me that last year, I proclaimed that Lent to be the “Lentiest Lent that ever Lented!” Certainly we have just been through a very Lenty year, with the specter of a pandemic, the sadness of racial injustice … Continued
Today’s readings Back when I was in seminary, I was a fire chaplain for one of the local fire departments. On Wednesdays, we only had one class, and since it was Ash Wednesday and our teacher was a pastor of … Continued
Today’s readings #AshWednesday #LentND #AshTag Back when I was in seminary, I was a fire chaplain for one of the local fire departments. On Wednesdays, we only had one class, and since it was Ash Wednesday and our teacher was … Continued
Today’s readings The Scriptures today call us to repentance, which is an important spiritual theme for Lent. In fact, if it were not for our need for repentance, we wouldn’t need Jesus, he wouldn’t have to have taken on flesh, … Continued
Today’s readings Behold: now is the acceptable time! Behold: now is the day of salvation! This is the way the Scriptures today call us to repentance. Repentance is an important spiritual theme for Lent: in fact, if it were not … Continued
Today’s readings Behold: now is the acceptable time! Behold: now is the day of salvation! This is the way the prophet Joel calls the Israelites, and all of us, to repentance. Repentance is an important spiritual theme for Lent: in … Continued
Today’s readings Behold: now is the acceptable time! Behold: now is the day of salvation! We have come here today for all sorts of reasons. Lots of us may still have the remnants of old and bad teaching that you … Continued
Today’s readings [from the Ash Wednesday Service of the Word] Behold: now is the acceptable time! Behold: now is the day of salvation! We have come here today for all sorts of reasons. Lots of us may still have the … Continued
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