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Lent

Ash Wednesday

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. The Lenten season differs in many ways from the Advent season: we don’t decorate the church with lights and greens, we don’t sing carols, and instead of anticipating the birth of Christ, we prepare ourselves for His death and resurrection.   Now, I admit that putting it that way, this all sounds kinda gloomy —…