[Grem] Gospel meditation on Ash Wednesday

[Emoke Greschik]

 Friends,
*in today’s Gospel, the Lord prescribes prayer, fasting, and almsgiving as
our Lenten disciplines.*
*The Church traditionally says there are three things we ought to do during
Lent,* and I put stress on the word *do*. In recent years, we’ve emphasized
the interior dimensions a little too much—that Lent is primarily about
attitudes, about ideas and intentions. * In the traditional practice of the
Church, Lent is about doing things, things that involve the body as much as
the mind, that involve the exterior of your life as much as the interior.*

The three great practices of Lent—*prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—are
three things you do*. This is going to sound a little bit strange, but my
recommendation for this Lent is, in a certain way, to forget about your
spiritual life—by which I mean forget about looking inside at how you’re
progressing spiritually. Follow the Church’s recommendations and* do three
things: pray, fast, and give alms.* *And as you do, pray to draw closer to
the Lord as the center of your life*—*and the reason you do everything.*

*Imádkozzál érettünk, Istennek szent Anyja!  Hogy méltók lehessünk Krisztus
ígéreteire!  Könyörögjünk! Kérünk téged, Úristen, öntsd lelkünkbe szent
kegyelmedet, hogy akik az angyali üzenet által szent Fiadnak, Jézus
Krisztusnak megtestesülését megismertük, az ő kínszenvedése és keresztje
által a föltámadás dicsőségébe vitessünk! Krisztus, a mi Urunk által. Ámen.*

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