February 17, 2021 Ash Wednesday Matthew 6:1-6. 16-21, Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 Have you ever found yourself in a situation you regret? Have you ever wished that you could change the outcome of a recent event in your life? Returning to the scene of the crime, if you want to call it that,… Continue reading Return to the Lord
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Created in God’s Image
March 6, 2019 Ash Wednesday Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Isn’t it amazing the extremes that some people will go to get noticed? I am sure that within the last twenty years the desire to get noticed and make a name for oneself has probably increased. Due to the growth of the internet and social media outlets,… Continue reading Created in God’s Image
Create in Me a Clean Heart
February 14, 2018 Ash Wednesday Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. These words from Psalm 51 this evening should sound familiar. It is one of the songs we quite often use for our offering. We’ll have the opportunity to sing it in just… Continue reading Create in Me a Clean Heart
Repent and Return
March 1, 2017 Ash Wednesday Psalm 51:1-17 At one time or another in our lives, we will manage to screw up. We will make mistakes because we are human! We forget to love our neighbors as ourselves because we are human. We sin because we are human. While the gospel lesson is full of great… Continue reading Repent and Return
We Are Marked
Ash Wednesday Homily, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 We are a marked people! From our baptisms when we are marked with the cross of Christ forever, to our deaths where we are returned, earth to earth, ashes to ashes. We are marked in our daily walk and in our actions. We are marked by our professions, whether… Continue reading We Are Marked
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