SERMON/HOMILY FOR ASH WEDNESDAY 14TH FEBRUARY 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR ASH WEDNESDAY 14TH FEBRUARY 2024 Joel 2:12-18; Ps.1; 2Cor.5:20-6:2; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Receive Ash, do Lent with the right disposition! It is not out of place to say we have come to the season of Lent again. This is because we are quite familiar with the season and its tenets. For example, we are aware but only reminded that today is a day of fasting and abstinence, especially from meat. We have also come to Church in this unusual number (for a weekday celebration) to receive ash. But we what may not be usual or taken for granted is our understanding of this day that opens the Lenten season. Why do you want to receive ash today? Why have you made the usual sacrifice to be in Church this day? Is it that you consider it a blessing to receive ash on your forehead, or you truly cherish the whole message of repentance that it represents, or maybe you just don’t want to be left out in the exercise. It is one thing to receive ash and observe all the Lenten observances for ...