Lenten Ashes (reel and song)
Lenten Ashes
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
“ memento mori”
All is fleeting
“Like trying to embrace the wind”
Ashes swept away
“Dust to earth returns”
“Our frame is frail
He knows what we are made of
Remembers we came from dust”
The fleeting, passing mist, vapor, seasons, pursuing wind, blows as it will, slipped through your fingers, vanishes like a mist.
Our life has seen the sparks fly high in colorful wonder
The dark has been made light
Love to us in desperate times, "treasured in our hearts"
We pass this love to others for the same hope, same light, and life eternal
Stories by the fire, sparks light up the tale
warmth all around
Young one’s imaginations,
eyes wide in wonder
The older - children at heart again
“From the ashes you’ve raised”
All vividly create and build on each other's tale and pass on the memories of this night
Lenten Ashes - Glimpse poetry by Joe Holuta
About this poem: Lenten Ashes is a poem, words I’ve read and thought about on Ash Wednesday this year. I haven’t participated recently, but I’ve thought about it for many years each year that Lenten ashes are given to remember the brevity of life and the importance of [waking and living each day Like it’s your first day]. We pass this love to others to spark hope As we recall, wonderful lives in vivid detail. -Joe Holuta
- Memento mori (Latin for "remember (that you have) to die -invitation to reflect on the brevity of life and the vanity of human ambitions.
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 (Voice)
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
- Psalm 103:14
- Ecclesiastes trend of phrases
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