I. Readings
Psalms 5, 27, 51
Jonah 3:1-4:11
Hebrews 12:1-14
Luke 18:9-14
II. Selections
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right spirit within me.
Jonah 3:8
" ...Human beings and animals shall be covered with sackcloth, and they shall cry mightily to God. All shall turn from their evil ways and from the violence that is in their hands. ... " [ From the king of Nineveh's proclamation to his people]
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us ...
Luke 18:13
" ...But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' ... " [ Jesus speaking to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt]
III. Meditation: Ash Wednesday
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner!
You have set a race before us, and a great cloud of witnesses-
a race we cannot run weighed down with sin that clings so closely.
Turn us from all evil ways and from the violence in our hands;
create in us a clean heart, and put a new and right spirit within us.
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
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