Mortification of the Flesh.

Posted By Cliff Tuttle | February 17, 2010

Posted by Cliff Tuttle © 2010

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Holy Season of Lent.  It is a time for reflection and penitence.

By the standards of any other era, we the fortunate few of 20th and 21st Century America,  are overfed, over-entertained and that is just the beginning.  From time to time in the Gospel, Jesus says, in consolation of the poor, that the wealthy will have effectively “used up” their reward on earth. I cannot hear that without a chill, wondering whether He was talking about us.

And so we come to Lent.  It offers a chance for a new beginning.  An opportunity for the soul to take back some measure of control from a self-indulgent body.  Let’s take it. And then, when these 40 days have passed, we might be  better, stronger and even happier people.

CLT

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