DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION NO.1: “ASH WEDNESDAY: ITS TRUE MEANING TO OUR LIFE ”– By Fr. Michael Payyapilly V.C.

The Holy Season of Lent began this year today  06 March 2019 - ASH WEDNESDAY. 

Why are we on this earth? God has a mission or each of us.  The sacred season of Lent is a holy time of grace for every Catholic to look deep into our hearts - what is the state of our heart for Jesus to live in us?

As of today, a weekly spiritual video talk will be posted every Saturday on this Friends of Divine blog until Holy Week. The 6-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES - is to help us search our hearts deeply as to how are we really living  for God? Do we put Jesus as the centre of our life not just during the Holy Season of Lent but in our every day living?  On Holy Thursday, a Eucharistic Adoration service will be posted.  

The first video of the 6-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES at the top of this post is "ASH WEDNESDAY: ITS TRUE MEANING TO OUR LIFE" by Rev. Fr.Michael Payyapilly V.C.This STREAMS OF GRACE episode broadcast last year is timeless and a beautiful reminder to every Catholic never to take our life on earth for granted.

Fr. Michael reminds us that "On Ash Wednesday, the ash is proclaiming, 'Life is far more than what we make it out to be.' It isn't about our body."

"We are going to be searching this whole season of Lent for the 'bodily goodness', for that godliness within us and holiness that lives in us. That is what Jesus wants of us - what Jesus wants to see."

"Our life here is not the destination.Our life here is just the journey. We are moving towards the destination. That is the truth about who we are - who we are supposed to be."

"This Ash Wednesday as the ash is placed on our forehead, let us remind ourselves of what wonderful human beings God has made us. We are truly miracles - amazing miracles of God. It is so striking that from dust, from nothingness, He would create someone so beautiful as you and me."

Next Saturday, Rev. Fr. Joseph Edattu V.C., Associate Director of Divine Retreat Centre Ramsgate, Kent, UK will be sharing the Word of God on  “EVERY SIN IS AN INNER WOUND."

Please do share this Divine Lenten 2019 Weekly Video Reflection series with your loved ones, prayer groups and friends to make this sacred season of Lent a truly transforming experience in our Christian life.