Wednesday, March 2, 2022, Faith Episcopal Church, Merrimack, NH; Mini-Service video: Ash Wednesday, 13 min. Come to Me, vocal from the album Locust and Wild Honey by the Monks of Weston Priory. Vicar Pat Henking, celebrant: the beckoning of The Gospel of Matthew 11:28-30; “the essence of the gospel is to say, Come! Come closer!” How do we carry the weight of our burdens in this Lenten season of lengthening light and birth of new life, a season of repentance and self-examination? Will we choose to heft our burden alone or take up the yoke of Christ, the offer to come closer to God? Litany of the observance of Ash Wednesday; BCP, pp. 264-265. Prayer, Beach Boys, vocal. I Say a Little Prayer for You, Aretha Franklin, vocal. Bob Hughes, videographer.