Ashes To Ashes , Dust To Jesus

Today is Ash Wednesday, the day we as a Catholic community mark ourselves with ashes. We do this remind us our brokenness, sins, and how much more we need Jesus.  "Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel", this is the prayer we are told as the ashes are put on our head. We are reminded to run from sin and run to Jesus.  Jesus is calling us to run to Him, so we follow him into the desert as we too fast and make our way into the desert for 40 days.  In these 40 days we journey together, we do this so we can finish together. 

Lent is a time for sacrifice, because we are called by our Baptism to die with Christ and rise with Him too.  During these 40 days it’s a time cleansing and purification of hearts. This purification should not end after the 40 days are up. Rather, we should strive to live it out the rest of our life. There is so much junk in our hearts, so much that we can’t fill it with Christ because we have no more room. Lent is a way to empty our hearts and let the Trinity fill it to the rim. Much like the wedding feats at Cana; Jesus tells the servants to fill the water to the rim. It is then transformed into wine. Same with us, He tells us to fill our heats to the rim, so that he can transform our hearts to do His will.