The Annual Ash Wednesday Round-Up

Much like the liturgical calendar, I can get a little repetitive. So once again, here are a few of my favorite things for Ash Wednesday.

A song by Dann Russo:

An excerpt from the poem Ash Wednesday by TS Eliot:

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Wavering between the profit and the loss

In this brief transit where the dreams cross

The dreamcrossed twilight between birth and dying

(Bless me father) though I do not wish to wish these things

From the wide window towards the granite shore

The white sails still fly seaward, seaward flying

Unbroken wings

 

And the lost heart stiffens and rejoices

In the lost lilac and the lost sea voices

And the weak spirit quickens to rebel

For the bent golden-rod and the lost sea smell

Quickens to recover

The cry of quail and the whirling plover

And the blind eye creates

The empty forms between the ivory gates

And smell renews the salt savour of the sandy earth

This is the time of tension between dying and birth

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Finally, a post from yours truly: Ashes at Starbucks

Like every major liturgical holiday, today will be a crazy one for me as I do my music ministry thang. Keep me in your prayers. I promise to return the favor.