Come back to me with all your heart.
Fasting , weeping , mourning.
But we ask , how to make a start.
It’s so difficult , this fast keeping.The Ash Wednesday mass was packed.
Full of young people and families.
Maybe  500 people I tracked.
Seeking heavenly keys.

At the words of the psalm we felt deeply moved.
Have mercy on us Lord, for we have sinned.
Faith is still felt so strongly though nothing is proved.
Our hopes and fears rustled through the church like the wind.

With so many it took so long to receive our ashes .
Pondering as we queued , soon we will be but ashes.

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Come back with your heart.
Fasting, weeping and mourning
But always there’s hope

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See Joel 2 : 12-18 and Psalm 50