Yesterday many of us had dust fragments imposed on our foreheads - today most likely those particles have been removed - washed off in the morning shower - for some removed during the night on their pillow. The realty - none of us is ever totally free of those fragments - signs of the sins that we carry with us constantly in our minds - hearts. For the majority - sins that are minor - small missteps done as we rush through our daily lives. These I call sin dust bunnies - tiny fuzzy fragments - no major things committed by any of us - just little things we should not have done - imperfections in our daily lives.
In Lent - we are asked to focus on prayer - fasting - almsgiving - emptying our lives of that which is unnecessary - creating room - time - space - to look deeper into that invisible existence we tend to ignore. Today we identify those remnants - the dust bunnies of our sins - not terrible creatures inside - some like cute baby bunnies we all love to pet and cuddle - but ones we need to remove completely - to make room for the light of the Son - the light of Jesus who seeks to enter into that private space inside each of us where we may become cleansed - clean. Today that task has begun.
Deacon Dale
