Ash Wednesday

Remember, O man, that you are dust, and unto dust you shall return. ~Genesis 3:19~

Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel. ~Mark 1:5~

It's Ash Wednesday today. Well, technically its Ash Tuesday, since this year's Ash Wednesday mass and fasting are pushed forward to Tuesday instead, to avoid the Chinese New Year celebrations.

It's the first day of the season of Lent and is a day of repentance. It's a day where Catholics will go to church to get their foreheads marked with the sign of the cross by priests, using black ashes.

I attended mass today. I felt really grateful to be able to head to church today after work. A bad day at work. It's probably no one's fault but mine and I'm too exhausted mentally to think about all of it any more. Numb? At least ending the day off with mass made it all seem better.

I got advice from Fr. Luke and its making me think things through. If I say he's wrong, am I actually deluding myself? Is Fr. right, after all? Even so, for everybody's sake, including my own, I don't want to make that step, and I don't dare. At least not now. Not yet. But if I don't do anything, I shudder to think of the days ahead.

Memento homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris. ~Genesis 3:19~