The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself. — Carl Sagan

We proceed along in our Lenten journey, focusing not on our “fallen” or “sinful” nature but on our cosmic origins wherein the Divine took the dust of stars, of the heavens, of the cosmos and began creation. This shift in focus is not done to deny our humanity, nor to deny our failures at times to live up to our fullest potential, rather this shift in focus these remaining days of our Lenten journey is done to inspire, to awaken, to breathe that Spirit breath that vocalized the sacred word that begot and formed each of us and all of creation.

As Carl Sagan reminds us that we may be the way for the cosmos to know itself, recalling our cosmic origins as stardust is the way to awaken that awareness within of the sacred word that formed us.

It is my prayer this Lent, that you and I grow in our awareness and hear that sacred word more clearly as we journey this path.