Ten … Nine … Eight … Seven …
Six … Five … Four …
Three … Two … One …
We Have Lift-Off!
I grew up at the time
of the moon-landing –
a time when every child
drew pictures of rockets
and could count-down
from ten.
We knew all about count-downs!
These days at Latin Mass
a different sort of count-down
is taking place –
Septuagesima Sunday …
Sexagesima Sunday …
Quinuagesima Sunday.
This is the count-down
to Easter Sunday
and it can only mean one thing –
we are only days away
from the beginning of Lent!
I can’t possibly say
that Lent has snuck up on me
because there has been
a clear count-down at Sunday Mass
for weeks!
It’s time to decide
what I’ll do for Lent –
no excuses!
Life has been so busy
this last month
and I’ve been snowed-under,
caught-up in building work.
But now it’s time
to lift my eyes heavenward
away from the dirt and the dust
and to consider the state
of my soul
(instead of the state
of the building site
that is our home!)
Time to consider,
“What must I do
to inherit eternal life?”
Septuagesima Sunday …
Sexagesima Sunday …
Quinuagesima Sunday …
The count-down
is on!
© Claire Murray, 11th February 2024