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In early spring here in Seattle, we all go outside when it’s not raining and the sun is peeking through. Reflecting worldwide reality, there likely will be clouds in the sky but joy is prominent. Her Purpleness and I were biking yesterday, celebrating the returning light.

My name is Obi, and I love and trust my master completely, I go to bed knowing that she will be there in the morning and that she will protect me while I rest.  My master provides all my needs: food, shelter, walks to the park, toys, snacks, hugs, kisses, a warm bed (hers 🙂 and the unsolicited bath quite often :(.  I love her so much! I fully trust her and know that under her care nothing will ever happen to me! She is my everything! Every time I see her my world brightens.

Siblings in Christ may your Lenten journey transform your doubt into trust in the Lord!

Yo le digo al Señor: «Tú eres mi refugio, mi castillo, ¡mi Dios, en quien confío!» (Salmo 91:2)

Me llamo Obi, y amo y confio en mi ama completamente, me voy a dormir sabiendo que ellla estara alli en la mañana y que me protejera mientras descanso.  Mi ama me provee de todas mis necesidades: comida, techo, caminatas por el parque, juguetes, snacks, abrazos, besos, una cama calientita (la de ella 🙂 y me baña demasiado seguido para mi gusto :(. La amo tanto! Confio ciegamente en ella y se que bajo su cuidado nunca me pasara nada malo! Ella lo es todo para mi! Cada vez que la veo mi mundo se ilumina.

Familia en Cristo que su viaje de cuaresma transforme su duda en una confianza entera en el Señor!

Rev. Violeta Siguenza

What you need to know about me is I don’t know details. I will continue to google for specifics I want to know about liturgical church traditions—aka, stuff lay people ask—as we go forward.

I do know I am loved unconditionally and so is everyone else. What could be more important? The minutiae will follow. Maybe.

Lectionary Readings

Thu – Mar 3 Exodus 5:10-23 Acts 7:30-34 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16

On the way home from church, I stopped to pick up eggs. The checker asked me about the ashes on my forehead. I startled. How soon I forget I am marked as Christ’s own forever. I responded, “The priest said they are a sign of our humble beginnings and our common mortality.” How often do we go that deep when paying for food?

I join our bishop in saying, “Beloved, I wish you a blessed, holy and life-changing Lent.”

Lectionary Readings
Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
Isaiah 58:1-12 {alternate}
Psalm 51:1-17 (1)
2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21