The word of the day is “turn.”  Today, the Orthodox observe a “little Lent” before Great Lent.  No liturgy is celebrated today in the Orthodox Church, and there is no Gospel or Epistle reading but readings from Joel.  Other Christians are observing Ash Wednesday.  But whether today is a “Little Lent” or an Ash Wednesday, in our reading of Joel 2:12-26, we hear the urgent cry, “Turn to me with all your heart with fasting and wailing and with mourning…” (vs. 12).  These stirring words admonish us to take the upcoming Lenten season with ultimate seriousness.  There is no time to delay.  There is no more room for spiritual laxity.  The prophet announces the time of grace and judgment has come…