Observance of Ash Wednesday – 5 March 2014 “Ashes to Go” has become a way of offering the traditional service of imposition of ashes, to mark the beginning of Lent at Ash Wednesday. A simple service of imposition of ashes is taken to people on the street, or where they live, outside the church. This […]
Archive | February, 2014
Prayer of Thomas Merton
During the workshop on prayer offered within Santa Margarita last autumn, one of the prayers mentioned was one from Thomas Merton that helps us to focus in humility before God. The occasion of his birthday seems an appropriate time for a reminder of that prayer: God, we have no idea where we are going. We […]