In the Catholic Church Liturgical Calendar, Ash
Wednesday marks the beginning of one of the most important times in remembrance
of the Paschal Mystery. Christ offered Himself for the sake of our race. He
offered to us that great moment to reconcile with our Creator. It is during the
time of Lent, we get to examine the conscious deeply and turn to Jesus Christ.
As the member of the PCJ fraternity, we were
privileged to have an Ash Wednesday Eucharistic Celebration together. Fr.
Michael, CSC, resided the mass along Fr. Jean, OCD, commencing at 8:30 am on
that Wednesday, 1st March, 2017.
With the first reading from Joel
2:12-18, we were all invited to turn to God again with all our heart, fasting,
weeping and mourning. The second reading, 2 Cor 5: 20- 6:2, St. Paul urges us
to reconcile to God though God's sinless Son. In the Gospel of the day, Mt 6:
1-6, 16-18, we were called upon to be ourselves in all things. We should not be
hypocrites at all cost and be prayerful along be generous to all.
We offered our gifts of different kinds
as we had promised to help more the misfortune ones. After the offertory session,
we all went for the ashes and we were reminded, "You are dust and to dust
you will return."
KELVIN
MWAMBURI