1. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  2. What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?
  3. It’s scary to share my struggle and to show that I have cracks because once I’ve shown my cards, I open myself up for judgment.
  4. Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
  5. Forty days after giving birth, Mary, along with her husband Joseph, presented their firstborn Son at the temple and "bought" him back with a sacrifice of two small birds. This is known as the "Presentation of Our Lord."
  6. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  7. The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
  8. Repentance is meaningless unless we are willing to acknowledge who we are: sinners needing mercy.
  9. Rejoice with Mary as she would rejoice with you. Be blessed, like her, with humility from God, so that you may serve joyfully and willingly wherever and in whatever role God has placed you.
  10. You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.
  11. We live again, not so that we will now pay our debt, but to proclaim that we live because our debt was paid!
  12. You are a child of God. You’re blameless, holy, perfect, and righteous. Don’t feel that way? Too bad. God is greater than your heart.