It’s Ash Wednesday
and I’m at the Vigil Mass
to receive my ashes
and My God.
Before I set foot in the chapel
I know exactly what I will be praying for
during this Lent.
But as Mass unfolds
I have a sense that,
rather than telling My God
what I want this Lent,
I should instead be asking Him
what He wants me to do.

And so I sit
and I resolve to try to LISTEN
during Lent
(even though I’m half-afraid
of what I might hear).

© Claire Murray, 6th March 2019