[Ash Wednesday, Year C, Feb. 10, 2016 / Jl 2:12-18 / Ps 51:3-6, 12-14, 17 / 2 Cor 5:20-6:2 / Mt 6:1-6, 16-18]

TODAY, Ash Wednesday, we are receiving ashes on our forehead. This is more than just a symbol to show others that we are starting the Season of Lent. Instead it is a real reminder that we are going into this “favorite” period of the year when we CHOOSE to pray more, to give alms, and to fast. Yes, I said choose because Lent should not be lived as an imposition! If today we just receive the ashes on our foreheads, but the experience does not really reach our hearts, then Lent will just be imposed.

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