Ash Wednesday Poems - Poems about Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday

In the realm of eternal consciousness an idea was formed...

In the beginning of all creation the dust begun...

In the mist of the vast cosmos the dust transformed...

In the breath of the Creator you were born...

Ash Wednesday Petition

Dear Lord,dear Lord,be with me still
Holy Spirit,today refill
each word I speak and step I take-
      Is now,Your will

Ash Wednesday

Ashes of humanity
Scattered and lingered in hearts of purity
Hallowed and spirited within the psyche of infinity

Weaving with man's joy and sorrows
Entwined with lattices of honey yellows
Drifting in clouds of human form
Numeric and linguistic crypts of cuneiform
Endearing are thoughts and words, not jive
Sprinkled ashes etched on books of archive
Doors that opened to human interest
All come alive

Ash Wednesday Fire

A pleasant cool settles
the ground flecked 
by sunlight drizzling down
through a tall canopy
of trees. A slight wind 
tickles the top leaves
with whispers. 
All seems idyllic.

Yet forty years ago 
on a Wednesday,
fire blasted the bush here
with a wall of furnace heat.
A blackened wasteland
was all that was left
leaving seventy-five lives
lost in its wake.

The bush never
counts the dead
nor

This We Shall Sacrifice

A day of prayer and fasting 
To show the Lord our love is everlasting
We promise to sacrifice a luxury or a pleasure during Lent 
It is forty days well spent 
We will not partake in what we sacrifice until Eastertide 
Hold on, we are in for a ride 
From burning palm branches from the previous

Priest's Palette

Priest’s Palette
 
Looking in the mirror over the sun visor of our nine passenger 1959 Ford station wagon, which we really need with six children, Dad says he does not care for Ash Wednesday.  

His after-church reflection shows the black ashen cross on his forehead, not that different from each of ours, though more

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday, the day to confess and repent
As we enter the solemn season of Lent
The ashes remind us that "Dust thou art"
And one day from this world we will depart.

Worldwide, the faithful honor this tradition
With devotional hearts and sincere contrition
But, sadly, some people are not so disposed
To "Love thy neighbor" their hearts are closed.

Thus,

Blind Willie's Sketchpad - Ash Wednesday, First Person Singular

The air smell cloudy, 
With a hint of rain. 
Come all this way by trustin’ 
In a thin white cane. 
If a wink is as good as a nod, 
What’s a brotha ta do?
Should Jesus come again in glory, 
Wouldn’t chance to see that, too.   

Can’t read the street signs 
When I’m walkin’

Ash Wednesday

The Big Day began with a flash:
Mount Etna delivered the ash
The Pope said, "Its clear;
Sicilians are dear!"
La Cosa Nostra stashed the cash.

Ash Wednesday Bible Study

Lenten Bible Study
 
Deacon Jean and Fr. Farrell will be co-leading a
Lenten Bible study through Zoom on Wednesdays 
during Lent, starting on Ash Wednesday, February 
17, at 10:30 AM. We will be reading together the 
gospel of Matthew from Clarence Jordan’s Cotton 
Patch Gospel, a translation of the New Testament 
from the Greek that sets

Ash Wednesday

Ashes,
Black, gritty, sooty signs
Painted on the foreheads
Of humanity parading about.
My thumb would be black
For several days following
The signing of so many foreheads,
The dark soot engrained
Within my right thumb print.

Ash Wednesday is a magnet
That draws people, compels people
into the dark oak pews 
of equally darkened church naves;
Pews filled, spewing with humanity,
Seeking what? What are they seeking?
What

Ashes To Ashes Ash Wednesday

a sign. of the cross
not
one of loss
but
    new life again
through
    His pain
for us

Prayer of Despair Ash Wednesday Tribute

stops&steps
   of the mind
fold back
     upon itself
extraneous
    yet within
reverberations
    transcend language
into
   apparent contradictory
       perspectives
otherness
   a narrative
   of a process
which
   anchors meaning

moving
   back&forth
we each
    must

Ash Wednesday

Today is Ash Wednesday, a time to reflect 
on how I can be a better Christian 
It is a time to curb the excesses in my life 
not because of deprivation from a church rule 
but because it gives me a deeper understanding 
of simplicity, appreciation, and the great sacrifice
that Christ has made for me

Ashes To Ashes

Ash Wednesday, one day to reflect
why Christ our souls would resurrect.	
Good it is to be in accord,
     time spent in fasting and prayer,
     repenting of sin and despair.
Good that forgiveness is implored,
     not fearing fickle consequence
     or flaunting lack

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