This year I was not sure if I would be able to write a prayer for Ash Wednesday. With the MSA website attacked by a virus that precipitated us launching a new website earlier than expected, plus the garden seminar at the Mustard Seed House tomorrow and Tom heading to San Diego for an important meeting, I have been much busier than anticipated leading up to this season. And writing prayers like this is always something that I find takes time for reflection and writing.
However this morning I realized that this is a task too important to let pass by or in Ann Voskamp’s words too urgent to live fast. So I wrote this prayer for Ash Wednesday but plan to use it over the next week to help me focus on the season of Lent. So let us pray
God may we remember
All of life is held together with nails
Piercing flesh of the son of man
May we remember and give thanks
God may we remember
The power of sin and death are forever ended
Hung upon a cross and crucified
May we remember and give thanks
God may we remember
The bread of life broken for us
That we may eat and filled with abundance of life
May we remember and give thanks
God may we remember
God’s blood poured out for us
The deep wounds of love suffered for us
May we remember and give thanks
God may we remember ashes on foreheads
And kneel before the one whose love knows no end
With humbled hearts and repentant spirits
May we remember and give thanks
God may we remember we are but dust
And walk together into tomorrow’s unkowns
Breaking bars, building bridges, setting captives free
May we remember and give thanks
God may we remember and give thanks
Let us take up our cross and follow
Believing that in Christ all things work together for good
May we remember and give thanks