Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, March 6, 2019  is Ash Wednesday, the day  we Christians mark as the first day of Lent, the time of reflection and renewal leading up to Easter Sunday.

You are invited to attend service at St. Laurence

Ashes were used in ancient times to express sorrow for faults. Clergy all over the world dispense ashes, usually made by burning the palm fronds distributed on last year’s  Palm Sunday making the sign of the cross on congregants' foreheads or hands. As they “impose” or “dispense” the ashes, the minister reminds each person to believe the Good News.

  Fun fact: Lent is actually longer than 40 days. There are 46 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter, but churches don’t count the Sundays as part of Lent.

Scripture:

Matthew 6:19-21 

Concerning Treasures

¹⁹ “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust^[a] consume and where thieves break in and steal; ²⁰ but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust^[b] consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.