Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Is your heart turned away?
Do you listen? Dt 30:15-20
Do you want to follow Jesus?
Are you losing your life for his sake? Lk 9:22-25
![Christ the Saviour (Pantokrator), a 6th-century encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai.](https://5sparrows.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/quiz-thursday.png)
Questions from St. Leo
- Do you realize that Lent is not so much about practices but about renouncing sin?
- Where does your life need purification?
- Do you understand the value of almsgiving?
- Do you show love and compassion to the afflicted?
- How much love is in your heart?
From a sermon by St. Leo (Office of Readings, Second Reading for Thursday after Ash Wednesday)
Image Credit: Icon of Jesus Christ Pantocrator, Encaustic on wood, St. Catherine’s Monastery Sinai, 6th century. PD