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ASH WEDNESDAY MESSAGES 2010

ASH WEDNESDAY 2010
Silence, stillness and attention

FATHER JOHN MAIN, OSB

'Because we live Lent in the light of the dawn of Easter is a time of profound joy. The Paschal Mystery is completed and entered it through the Spirit - and prepare in silence and quiet of our meditation. "


MESSAGE FROM FATHER LAURENCE FREEMAN


Ash Wednesday begins the Christian world today Lent, the forty days of preparation for Easter mystery with echoes of many Scriptures and the Koran, as the number of days Jesus spent in the desert before beginning his public life and forty years of the Exodus. Symbolically these forty days mean an estimated time or long time. Within weeks is the average time of pregnancy.
As meditators, we could see our two daily sessions of meditation during Lent, as a happy opportunity to further clarify and restart our journey to the heart center. We could also add another session of meditation where possible, or perhaps a shorter period of stillness and silence at noon. For starters it is a good opportunity to start the ego in a practice that is always challenging, but especially at first. Set a time to introduce the practice of meditation offers a short-term goal that can become a good habit to learn for life.

Lent is a time to reflect on the scriptures and other texts on the meaning of life as a spiritual journey. We must choose carefully what to read for example, we take one of the gospels during Lent all familiar with it, and one of the key texts of our tradition contemplative Door to Silence by John Main, for example.

Instead of looking at Lent as a time when we give up what we like even a little self-control would hurt us can not see it as the time to appreciate the wide range of instruments available to us to stay awake and excited on the spiritual path. If we receive today the ashes on our foreheads and we hear the words remember you are dust, this reminder of our mortality can sharpen our appreciation and enjoyment of the precious gift of life and human consciousness. Laurence




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