Thursday 14 February (Valentine, Martyr)

We may have washed off the ashes with which we were marked yesterday, but we cannot wash away the fragility and brevity of life. “Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” Here is the challenge to make every day count. At the end of the day ask, ‘What have I done to make this a better day for someone else/other people?’

Contact someone you know who is ill.

Read and meditate on Psalm 90:12