Ash Wednesday
On this Ash Wednesday, this first day of Lent, I offer this aphorism…
Desire without meaning nor the hope of fulfillment is the substance of Hell.
It is my hope this Lenten season to know hunger, to experience the hunger of Jesus in the hunger of the poor. It is my hope to cast off cynicism and push through my fear of emptiness, deprivation, and abandonment and find Jesus in inconsolable longing. It is my desire that my desires would change from a paltry reach for mud and a puddle to a persistent longing that moves my feet toward endless beaches on an infinite sea.
Remember, O man, that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return.
