I never understood Mardi Gras. How is acting stupid and getting drunk any preparation for Lent? Source bifurcated reading: 3″The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect (A)peace, Because he trusts in You. For thus the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said, “In repentance and (A)rest you will be saved, In [...]
Source Reading from Deuteronomy: For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession. 7 The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you [...]
Just barely getting in under the wire to say this is Ash Wednesday. I’ve been feeling particularly distant from my faith for a number of reasons. So I’m starting today to willfully move back towards it. Meditations Prayer: O Lord, who hast mercy upon all, take away from me my sins, and mercifully kindle in [...]
