Lent Starts Tomorrow Ash Wednesday Begins Season

Services Ash Wednesday The holy season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, 22 February with services at noon and 7:00 p.m., with imposition of ashes and holy communion.   Tomorrow the Church begins a holy season of prayerful and penitential reflection. Our attention is especially directed to the holy sufferings and death of our Lord Jesus Christ.   From ancient times the season of Lent has been kept as a time of special devotion, self-denial, and humble repentance born of a faithful  heart that dwells confidently on the Word of our Lord Jesus Christ and draws from it life and hope.   Let us pray that our dear Father in heaven, for the sake of His beloved Son and in the power of the Holy Spirit, might richly bless this Lententide for us so that we might come to Easter with glad hearts and keep the feast in sincerity and truth.

Prayer O God, You desire not the death of sinners, but rather that they turn from their wickedness and live. We implore Your to have compassion on the frailty of our mortal nature, for we acknowledge that we are dust and to dust we shall return. Mercifully pardon our sins that we may obtain the promises You have laid up for those who are repentant; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. Sincerely, Rev. Scott Murray