Yea, there it was, unmistakably Father David’s best look since he started here at our parish.  It was the Ash Wednesday service last evening.  He does a nice job with all the Masses.  So, we all got our share and then some of some sort of fragrant ashes.   His homily was very beautiful about how the seasons of the year have their way of marking there progress.  As spring greening,  summer growth and fall color and winter solitude.  But going through Lent  and celebrating Christ’s journey we need symbols to make it more really for us, so it is not just intellectual understanding.  Synmbols like the ashes of Ash Wednesday’s or  the palms of Palm Sunday.

So, here we are on the second day of Lent and I made a couple of major moves.  So, I am giving up, tumors for Lent, yea no new ones, you hear!  And in that spirit I gave my existing tumors, old companions, they went across Spain with me, an eviction notice.  Time to move on.  This is the season to prune my fruit trees to make stronger, healthier units so I’m lining it up with that.

My tumors I always regarded as messengers rather than invaders.  They did what they do, they don’t give up trying to grow.  That’s persistence.  They brought the knowledge of death to me in a very personal way.  That’s their message.  They didn’t bring it from the outside but from the inside.  I always was waiting for something more complicated but ultimately it was a good message and simple.

Well, that is about it for today.  I must cultivate the visualization of the tumors leaving somehow.  Miracles are always in play.  But the important thing is to know that ultimately I’m not going to beat death but if I am supposed to be here doing God’s work He will figure that out and than I will be ready for a little time longer.

Maintaining the warrior spirit and not loosing track of purpose no matter what the situation, of what the odds are is the vision in play.

Have to go walk, love, Felipe.