The Rebel Black Dot Song o' Ash Wednesday

Alan Powell, "Chasing after the Wind" from The Song Album: Music from the Motion Picture (Sinner Mike Papa Whiskey)

Commentary: Our Lenten self-denial is meant to open our eyes to the emptiness, the vanity of worldly pursuits.

"Why have everything?
You're leaving here with nothin',
Can't take anything
'Cause you have to move on…

"Why should you be
If no one's there to see?
All of your deeds
Are raindrops in the sea.
What do we mean
If nothing has meaning?
If in the end
We're chasing after wind?…

"Why should I be
If nothing has made me?
All that I've done,
The flame I wear, the sun,
Why should I sing
If nothing has meaning?"

Pray. Fast. Give alms. Die to self—to selfishness, to self-centeredness—& come alive in Christ.