St Mary Anglican Church Orlando East

23/02/2026

As we there for the consecration of the Bishop of Johannesburg ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

22/02/2026

22/02/2026

Bazalwane this is the new link

Diocese Of Johannesburg Consecration and Installation

18/02/2026

18/02/2026

Remember that you are ashes

To ashes you shall return

16/02/2026

💡 SEASON OF LENT 💡 🧠

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and occurs forty-six days before Easter. It falls on a different date each year because it is dependent on the date of Easter.

Ash Wednesday can occur as early as 4 February or as late as 10 March. In 2026
Ash Wednesday falls on 18 February.

The observance of Ash Wednesday has its roots in the penitential discipline of the early Church. In those days Christians whose notorious sins had caused scandal were excommunicated. After a period of penitence, - which included wearing sackcloth and ashes, fasting and prayer, these persons were reinstated during the Easter Vigil. By the 5* century public penitence of all the faithful had become associated with Lent as the community prepared for Easter. Ash Wednesday is named for the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of the faithful as a sign of repentance. The ashes used are gathered after the Palm Crosses from Palm Sunday celebrations in the previous year are burned.

Ashes were used in ancient times to express mourning, remorse and penitence.
Penitents expressed sorrow for their faults and sins by pouring ashes on their heads. An ancient biblical example of such a penitential expression is found in Job's cry of sorrow and remorse:

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you;
therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Job 42:5-6

Lent lasts for 40 days, and the Lenten Fast is not a Sunday experience. There are 5 Sundays in Lent which together with Palm Sunday, account for the 46 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Day. The Sundays in Lent are always Little Easters which celebrates our Lord's Resurrection from the dead and which are set apart from the Lenten Fast. As they lead us from Ash Wednesday to Easter, the Sunday Eucharistic readings point emphatically towards the gift of salvation and abundant new life which is ours in the victory of Jesus Christ over sin, darkness and death.

16/02/2026

Let’s meet right next to “theeee Arena”.

@18:00

15/02/2026

Dear God,
Thank You for being rich in mercy, grace, and love. Your compassion never runs dry, and Your kindness leads us back to You again and again. Thank You that You do not give up on us but patiently shape and refine our hearts. “But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ.” (Ephesians 2:4-5)

Thank You for transforming us day by day to become more like You. Help us to be imitators of You, to walk in love, and to forsake anything that separates us from You. Continue Your good work in us, molding our lives to reflect Your holiness and truth.

In Jesus’ name, amen. 🙏

12/02/2026

📸 Thabang Thablove Wakwa Wessi