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It’s easy to feel penitential on Ash Wednesday. Most of us Catholics are quite good at it. We’re happy to forgo a meal or two and eat fish. The church is packed with fellow delinquents, all there to grovel before mercy’s throne. Heck, we’re even happy to receive ashes on our foreheads.
Ash Wednesday speaks to the fundamental recognition that there’s something wrong with the world. We believers know that this world is broken. Our claim is that sin has caused the imbalance. And on Ash Wednesday, we admit, even half-heartedly, that we have had something to do with it.
Because after all, the sin is not just out there in the world. It’s in me.
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Ash Wednesday speaks to the fundamental recognition that there’s something wrong with the world. We believers know that this world is broken. Our claim is that sin has caused the imbalance. And on Ash Wednesday, we admit, even half-heartedly, that we have had something to do with it.
Because after all, the sin is not just out there in the world. It’s in me.
Do we have stamina?
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What happens when Ash Wednesday's ashes fade?
It’s easy to feel penitential on Ash Wednesday. We’re happy to forgo a meal or two and eat fish. The church is packed with fellow delinquents, all there to grovel before mercy’s throne. But what happens to our resolve the next day?
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