Author: Annette

Wife, mother, blogger, Catholic ministry. I love to garden even when it goes wrong. Same with writing (and we know it can go wrong.) Believing that God is present in all of it.
Rend Your Hearts
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Rend Your Hearts

Each Ash Wednesday we hear the Prophet Joel remind us to “rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord your God.” Today, the word “rend” caught my attention. (Rend, meaning “to tear apart (violently); rip in two” according to the Oxford Dictionary). We know that Joel is referencing the traditional Old Testament…