Ash Wednesday 2015

"Brothers and Sisters, we are Ambassadors for Christ..."

2 Cor 5:20

St. Paul uses this wonderful analogy for us as disciples of Christ - Ambassadors. When we think in civil or government terms - the idea of an Ambassador can shape how we see ourselves as Christians:

• An Ambassador is an emissary from his home land to a foreign land: from our Baptism - we are incorporated into the body of Christ - so our homeland is the Kingdom of God, and we are sent to be a witness in Bolton, Peel, Ontario, and Canada!
• An Ambassador represents the leader of his/her homeland: we represent Christ and his message of God's abundant love for the whole of the human family. 
• An Ambassador is obedient to the will of his/her ruler: living as Disciples of Christ we continually seek the will of the Father - and Lent affords us an opportunity to deepen that awareness through the disciplines of Lent: Praying, Fasting and Giving.

Peace