ash wednesday

today is ash wednesday! the gospel reminds us of 3 things, almsgiving, fasting and prayer. Of these 3 things, the hardest to do is fasting... fasting is not only limited to food, but to all the things our body desires... we should let go of these things so we can allow GOD to enter into our bodies...

there's one story i remember from fr. orbos' book "Moments". It was during ash wednesday and there was this woman who was totally dressed up and made up. when it was her time to be placed with ash on her forehead, she asked fr. orbos to place a small cross on her forehead and if possible, it should be unnoticed. due to his anger, fr. orbos put a big cross on the woman's face enough to be noticed! tsk...tsk...tsk... priests do lose their temper... nag inarte man gud si manang!!! i hope we will not be that woman... let's all pause, reflect and prepare ourselves as we journey to the season of lent...