Ash Wednesday Stories

[michellesolomon]

Today is Ash Wednesday, which I had thought was a Holy Day of Obligation, but which turns out is not. Nevertheless, I have always gone to Mass on Ash Wednesday, as it is really the only time of year I can wear a physically external sign of my faith and talk about it in a way that is not construed (or miscontrued) as prosthelytizing.

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[whitiger]

Interestingly enough, when I lived in Spain (a predominantly Catholic country) I never saw anyone with the ashes on Ash Wednesday.