Ash Wednesday - The Covenant

At Liturgy, we are asked to share Divine Love on earth in the here and now by living in, through, and with Jesus. It is in the season of Lent that we live with Jesus as a human being. Christ shows us how to live intimately with a discerning spirit in covenant with the Trinity.

 Christ's life on earth is lived, like ours, in process. The content is much different in that Christ is human and Divine. In sharing His life, He leaves us with a new way of being, through his incredible embracing love!

We can live at the cutting edge of who we are. We can live the death and resurrection mystery at the depth of our being as we become fully human in union with our covenant love. We can walk where He wants us to this day.

In the Scriptures, we are drawing into a new way of being as we contemplate our love's graces for each of us today. This Lenten journey will be pain-filled as we share Christ's passion and death. If we hold and ponder these mysteries in our heart like Mary, we will live in transforming love to do our Father's Will like Christ.

 In Joel, we are faced with the stark reality that our Lord, is always loving us. He is in a loving covenant with us and we are not always true to this covenant. This is a pain filled truth that Jesus loves us and we are only continually learning to love Him by following His ways.

In Corinthians, Paul's words are a plea to us now to be ever present to our Lord who is ever loving us into being.

 In the Gospel, Matthew shares the secret depths of our intimate relationship with Christ. In the center of our being, behind all closed doors, in the secret sacred places of our soul is our covenant union with the Trinity.

Joel wrote "Where is their God?" This is where our God is ... in the heart of our soul.

Our passion to do our Father's will starts at the silent place of our being in union and communion with Christ. Discerning in this place with our Lord and though our Lord, we will live in Christ, with our Father, and through the Holy Spirit to love others!

1st Reading - Joel 2:12-18

2nd Reading - 2Cor. 5:20-6:2

Gospel - Matt. 6:1-6, 16-18

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