Wednesday Feb 25

Father, tomorrow I'll be marked with ashes and reminded I'm dust. This is hard to hear in a culture that denies death, but it's true. I am dust - mortal, fragile, destined to return to the ground. Every pretension I maintain, every image I cultivate, every accomplishment I pursue will even

Tear your heart, not just your garments. I see through religious performance to what's happening inside. I'm not impressed by external displays if your heart isn't engaged. Come back to Me with genuine repentance, real sorrow for sin, honest desire for transformation. I'm gracious and comp

Today priests mark foreheads with ashes made from burning last year's Palm Sunday palms, speaking words that echo Genesis 3:19: "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." It's a stark confrontation with mortality in a culture that denies death. No platitudes, no positive t