The Smell of the Burning Palms – v7 #AshWednesday #PalmSunday #ashes

Acrid smoke, tasting it, palpable, burning,
filling my lungs, my spirit,
to remember, to prepare;
Smoke, the fire, flames,
still fresh in my memory.
 
How quickly they burn, they burned;
Taste the sacrifice, the dying,
smell of the burning palms
smoke thick, wrapping round me
as our joy burned away.
 
Ashes gray, thick before us;
a presence, this humble offering
sitting on the altar, waiting for us;
Praying deeply, listening to the words,
reminding us of Christ’s sacrifice –
 
His life for the whole world.
 
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Edited February 15, 2024
The Smell of the Burning Palms – v7
 
edited February 27, 2016
The Smell of the Burning Palms – v6
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-smell-of-burning-palms-v3.html
(merging edits to version 3 and version 5)
edited February 19, 2015
The Smell of the Burning Palms – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-smell-of-burning-palms-v5.html
(merging edits to original and version 3)
edited February 17, 2015
“The Smell of the Burning Palms – v4”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-smell-of-burning-palms-v4.html
(editing version 2)
&
Isaiah 58:5-10
Burning of the Palm service
by Pastor Ruth Foss
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February 17, 2015
&
Edited September 2, 2013
“The Smell of the Burning Palms – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-smell-of-burning-palms-v3.html
(editing original again)
Edited February 6, 2013
“The Smell of the Burning Palms – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-smell-of-burning-palms-v2.html
February 18, 2010
“The Smell of the Burning Palms”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/smell-of-burning-palms.html
Luke 18:9-14,
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector,
Joel 2:12-17a
burning the palms, making the ashes,
Hymn, “Sunday's Palms Are Wednesday's Ashes”,
The Faith We Sing, #2138, by Rae E. Whitney,
and Ash Wednesday Meditation
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 17, 2010
&
Joel 2:12-17a
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Ephesians 3:14-21
and Ash Wednesday Meditation
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 25, 2009
 
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