tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post3502992482785232122..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Ash WednesdayBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-15705569829166774342007-02-22T06:30:00.000-05:002007-02-22T06:30:00.000-05:00I agree; it is a remarkable day, when something of...I agree; it is a remarkable day, when something of our Catholicness bursts out into public life in such a stark way. Thanks for the comment and happy Lent!Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-7028056182177846022007-02-21T22:53:00.000-05:002007-02-21T22:53:00.000-05:00That's one that always makes us squirm a bit doesn...That's one that always makes us squirm a bit doesn't it? Sort of the way priests do when they read the Gospel about "being greeted as teacher, and having places of honor at banquets, and how you should call no man Father..."<BR/><BR/>I think in our case, however, it is not to express gloom, but to admit our sinfulness and our brokenness, and to express our joy in our salvation and in our renewed <I>conversion</I>, which is what Lent means. <BR/><BR/>I know I always feel a bit of joy when I see someone early in the morning at work with their ashes, often someone I didn't even know was part of our Catholic community, or someone who went to Mass.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754406706300818849noreply@blogger.com