FIrst Sunday of Lent

"Lost Home on Perelli Drive #4" by James W. Bailey

Evil Digital Photography

Perelli Drive - An East New Orleans Lenten Season Memorial Art Project

Readings for Mass

First Reading: Genesis 9:8-15

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9

Second Reading: First Peter 3:18-22

Gospel: Mark 1:12-15

From Ash Wednesday by James W. Bailey

Some man drives a twisted straight road out of nothern Mississippi in a mid‑night cold...he's heading for tomorrow...he's heading for more time...he's heading for home...Some man sees a reflected image in brushed chrome that reminds him of a shattered childhood fantasy...he's avoiding that question...he's avoiding all contact...he's avoiding that memory...Some man veers sharply to the left on a dangerous curve out in the middle of a freezing nowhere...he's feeling that emotion...he's feeling that high...he's feeling that blood.