Ash Wednesday

Lament & Hope · Feb 23, 2022 · 5m

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Words and Voice: Jon Swales

Music: Cello & Piano Music 'Blue Nights' by Juan Sanchez

Prayer 40: Ash Wednesday

Almighty God,

The Creator of All that is,

You created us from the dust of the earth,

And breathed upon us and gave us the gift of life.

In our fragility and weakness,

We marvel at the precious gift of life,

And the calling you have placed upon us to

Tend and keep your cosmic temple.

Almighty God,

The Creator of All that is,

Dust we are and to dust we will return,

Yet you dignified us with the gift of love.

A love in which dust is taken up in your divine embrace,

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