February 16, 2026 - Full-of-Grace

Ash Wednesday 2026: From Hiding to Face — A Different Way Into Lent

Lent 2026 Begins With an Invitation to Stop Hiding and Stand Before God Now, now — it is the Lord who speaks — come back to me with all your heart. Not tomorrow. Not when we have sorted ourselves out. Not after we have become the kind of person who is ready. Now. This is how the Church opens the season of Lent — with the voice of God through the prophet Joel, and it is not a gentle suggestion. It is an urgent, almost breathless call. The...