Last year, my friend Beth took her two kids, Ceileidh and Conor, to an afternoon mass on Ash Wednesday. They got their ashes put on their forehead. Then they sat back down in the pew.<\/p>\n
Father Creedon’s sermon (Father Creedon is an amazing priest, a great speaker) was about faith and pride – that your faith should not be something you take pride in – that you should not want to SHOW your faith … that you should not be PROUD of the ashes on your forehead … You should approach your faith with humility. Without the need to show it off.<\/p>\n
Lovely long impassioned sermon.<\/p>\n
Beth and her kids listened in silence.<\/p>\n
The sermon ended. The congregation, all ashed up, sat quietly, pondering the lesson.<\/p>\n
And Conor then leaned over to Beth and whispered, “Mom, next year – can we go to the morning mass – so I can wear my ashes to school?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last year, my friend Beth took her two kids, Ceileidh and Conor, to an afternoon mass on Ash Wednesday. They got their ashes put on their forehead. Then they sat back down in the pew. Father Creedon’s sermon (Father Creedon … Continue reading