Everybody knows the earth and the human being is grounded in Star-Dust.
It consists of inter-stellar (not inter-planetary) small bits of dust, called "cosmic particles" of huge organic molecules (aromates). They are of firm matter solidified from the gasses of sun and planets. For the first time such inter-stellar stardust has been successfully collected from Comet-Wild-2 by NASA on the 22.04.1999 about 240 km distant from the planet earth.
Stardust has to be seen as a prime physical component of matter from which we all stem.
The human being is now seen as "cosmic dust radiated into consciousness, developing his conscious self in time and space, losing himself in love and play, in work and sorrow... like a star" sparkle, a representative of what being human means."
Now as we go to prepare the Ash-Wednesday - we may adopt the new word:
"Remember, from stardust you came, into stardust you return."
It's like "lift up your hearts",
a call not only to look into the earth down but also to look into the earth above.
It's like to open mind + heart into the cosmos
and give the feeling we belong to this cosmos too.
It's like to unite a little bit the knowledge of natural science
and the language of liturgy.
It's like to discover death as a way back -
not into darkness but into the ski-light.
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We hope some of the courages priests will have the joy to get the new experience.
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