March 18 - Ash Wednesday
(Jl.2:12-18; Ps.51:3-6,12-14,17; 2Cor.5:20-6:2; Mt.6:1-6,16-18) "Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning." "We implore you, in Christ's name: be reconciled to God!" Paul exclaims; and the people of God today raise a cry, rending their hearts, begging His forgiveness… turning from their sins to find His healing grace. The trumpet is blown in Zion; the people are gathered as one. Now "let the bridegroom quit his room, and the bride her chamber. Between the porch and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep." For now…
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