2017 Lenten Activities + Prayers - Day 1 (Ash Wednesday)

[PRAY]

Almighty and everlasting Father, guide us throughout these forty days as we long to know and experience you in new ways. On our journey to the cross and the empty tomb, may we sense your gracious embrace and may we learn to put to death those things that separate us from each other and from you.

May we know your presence is always with us, may we know the power of your transformative love is within us, and may we know your grace as it fills us and surrounds us.

In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.