Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Ash Wednesday

Today is Ash Wednesday. It is the beginning of Lent for Western Christian churches. It is a day of penitence to clean the soul before the Lent fast.
Churchgoers are marked with a  cross of ashes on the forehead as a sign of penance and mortality.

TRADITIONAL ASH WEDNESDAY PRAYER
God our Father, you create us from the dust of the earth.
Grant that these ashes may be for us a sign of our penitence, and a symbol of our mortality.
Amen

Ash Wednesday is a the beginning of Lent. It a  season of reparation and reflection before the celebration of Easter.


Saturday, February 14, 2015

Valentine's Day 2015

To my husband Nick, my son John Michael,
to my siblings  Felix, Susan and Annabelle, 
to their spouses and children,
to my colleagues and friends and to all visitors of this blog,
I wish you all a ......

Happy Valentine's Day !