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Ash Wednesday, the Sacred Season of Lent, Forty Days, a Time of Two “P’s,” Easter is Coming
Today, March 9, 2011, is the extremely important, sacred day that the Christian Church calls “Ash Wednesday.” Even if you do not consider yourself a “Christian,” faithful reader, or even if you don’t regard yourself as particularly “religious” at all … Continue reading
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