This was our prayer table last week:
This is our prayer table now:
Why the change? Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season. Lent is a time when we look at ourselves and try and see what can change and improve so that we can be more like Jesus. We take more time to pray, to ask forgiveness of our sins, and to share with others. For forty days we prepare for the new life of Easter.
Our Lenten wreath is brown and bare, symbolizing the desert where Jesus prayed for 40 days and also the crown of thorns. Can your child explain the symbols pictured on our wreath (purple ribbon, burlap cloth with a cross)? As we journey through Lent, we will add more symbols to help us better understand this liturgical season.
Today we participated in Ash Wednesday mass, along with several other schools, at OLPH Church with Father Sathia. We all received ashed on our foreheads to remind us that we are sinners.
This week we were introduced to our school-wide Lenten initiative, gathering healthy breakfast cereal to fill hungry tummies at a local elementary school in Edmonton. Our students can understand the discomfort that comes with being hungry and hopefully are able to connect to this simple way of sharing with others. Please be generous.
Lent is a time of change; a change of mind and heart. May the 40 days of Lent help us prepare for the joy of Easter.
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