I Have Come To Set the World on Fire.
Ash Wednesday, 2018
Photo by Jim Rivers
Again we receive ashes on our forehead,
Our outward sign to remember…
“That you are dust, and dust you shall return.”
Recalling the shortness of this life-
“Our life is over like a sigh,”
Leaving behind emptiness and pain;
Never believing today is THE day.
Stunned by the sound of an AR-15 rifle in a school-
Young boys, girls, teachers swept away like a dream;
“Like grass which springs up in the morning.
In the morning it springs up and flowers;
By evening it withers and fades.”
Psalm 90
Help us endure the storms and tempests of this world
So we may heal
And live in justice and peace.
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About the Author
Mary Rivers retired to beautiful Point Clear Ala on Mobile Bay. A lifelong Catholic she graduated from UNC, Chapel Hill. She was one of the first, if not the first, Catholic hired in Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system. She was a reading specialist and doing graduate studies until she married her husband, Jim. Together they have one child and three grandchildren. She is involved in social justice programs and writes a Catholic blog.
Her blog: http://thewomanatthewellbymaryrivers.blogspot.com/2014_10_01_archive.html
