Lent at St. Michael Anglican Ministires:
- Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper – 5pm-8pm @ St. Anne’s Anglican Church
- Ash Wednesday – 12pm @ St. Anne’s, 7pm @ St. Patrick’s
- Sundays in Lent – 9am @ St. Patrick’s, 9am @ St. Matthew’s, 10:30am @ St. George’s, 11:30am @ St. Anne’s
This Wednesday we will observe Ash Wednesday, and thus begin the journey with Our Lord to the Cross.
During this season the Church calls us to a “Holy Lent” in which we are called to follow Jesus more closely through:
- Self-examination
- Repentance
- Prayer
- Fasting
- Self-Denial
- Reading & Meditating upon God’s Holy Word
In the Liturgy of Ash Wednesday we receive Ashes on our foreheads with the word “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
In a world which is all about the here and now, these words stand as a striking reminder of our own mortality. Further, we are reminded that we are but dust, and possess no life within ourselves. We are reminded that this mortal life will end, and that we will face our Judge.
These words reveal to us our need for a Savior – our need for Jesus Christ. He is our Judge, in whom we seek Mercy. He is our Life, in whom we seek immortality. He is Our God, in whom we exist.
Our Lord turns toward the Cross. Let us follow the Way of the Cross with Him, so that in His Cross we may find life.
Let us live A Holy Lent.
Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
