Ash Wednesday

Waking up this morning, I was ready to see what the first day of Lent had to bring.  We started our day with Mass and the entire school, Early Learning Center through 8th grade, attended plus regular parishioners so the church was packed.  My class enjoys singing so we became the choir for Mass.  We started out well despite not really knowing the songs but by the end of Mass, their behavior in Mass was less than desirable by Julissa or myself so we had a chat after Mass about why we are quiet and respectful in a church, no matter what church we are in.  It's almost the end of February so it was time to have that reminder talk anyway about how we act in church and the classroom.  The day went quickly. By the time lunch rolled around and having music in the afternoon, it was time to go home.  Tomorrow we are going to work on what we will be sacrificing for Lent so I'm anxious as to what their ideas and thoughts will be.

My day one of no Facebook has gone pretty well.  It's sad to say but it became such a habit to come home from school and get on it at the same time as I checked my email or check it whenever I am bored.   I was already able to get more done without spending any time on it.  I have a feeling God and I are going to get some good quality time in over these next 40 days and I can't wait.

I've had the church song, "Ashes", in my head all day even though we didn't sing it down here.  I used to not like singing it because we sang it every year for Ash Wednesday in school but this year, I missed hearing it because I have actually been paying attention to the words.  Funny how God works when we actually pay attention to His messages.  I'll leave you with the first verse and hope you had a great day!

We rise again from ashes,

from the good we've failed to do.

We rise again from ashes,

to create ourselves anew.

If all our world is ashes,

then must our lives be true.

An offering of ashes, 

an offering to You.