Ash Wednesday

OK, so there I was at Mass at Ski Jesus Church in Denver, CO and the first reading is from the book of the Prophet Joel...so there Wayne-may be not the 13th Apostle, but a prophet none-the-less.

See Wayne asked me what the deal was with my new found interest in the church and spirituality (cuz I was giving him a hard time about not posting on the blog and missing Ash Wednesday) he asked if I was the 13th Apostle, as only Wayne can ask. See if he would go to the blog he would have a better idea...but this is not all about Wayne.

The homily of Ash Wednesday has to be the easiest homily to prepare...

REPENT-CONFESS-DO BETTER-OFFER MORE-ETC...

But the priest was a little different and he said we only have to do 3 things in Lent--

1. SUNDAY MASS (got that one)

2. DAILY PERSONAL PRAYER...(ok getting there)

3. FAMILY PRAYER-especially at meals (lots of work to do here)



Not hard though...certainly attainable. Discipline...dedication...I can do this. Look for posts more often--this is going to be part of my personal daily prayer.



The other thing he said was "Don't waste the crisis"-referring to the current economic crisis in the world. Literally, "don't waste the crisis". Huh??? Of course he went on to explain. This is the perfect time to reset your priorities. If God is #1 the rest will fall into place.

If you have a big crisis at work-you should get God in the right priority and then see about the crisis at work. Family issues-where is God in your priority list? Fix this and the rest will settle where they are supposed to be. So allow yourself the excuse of the current crisis to re-examine the priorities in your life-to restructure your list-and then work on the above 3 items to see where it takes you.



So far so good...

I still don't know what to give up for Lent-but I think cussing is going to be the toughest thing I can give up for now...the only bad part is that Sunday reprieve seems to be the wrong day to cuss, oh well. I guess no cussing till the day after Easter...let's all hope by then I have broken the habit and have new words to replace the old ones.



Still looking for posts from Dad, Wayne, and Mackey-although we will give him special dispensation until after the State tournament this weekend CONGRATS for making the State tournament!!!!

Stephanie--oops "S" you have not posted in a while either, what's up with that? You were the one saying that I needed to post more often...get up on it.



Last thing...Lord Have Mercy...start reading.