Burning Away the Past on Ash Wednesday

Today marks the beginning of lent for us catholics. Today, accept ash’s as a remember to change what we are, what we do, and how we choose do things. By tradition, people always talk about giving things up for Lent or choose do something over Lent that we normally dont do. So often, people stick to their Lent promises like a New Years resolution!.. HA! Similar to the New Years thing, people seem to forget what those special committments mean. A New Year means exactly that,  a New Year to start off fresh with something new, change what we are, and how we choose to do it. Just for those that cant keep those committments more than 45 days, here comes LENT to ask to do the same thing.

 What I believe people should consider connecting to, is the chance to change and burn away the past in order to have a better future. Today, when the priest presses the ASH on my forehead, I am going to burn away the past, and look forward to a change for the future. The past can hurt, but still is the past!