Day: February 21, 2012
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Why Ash Wednesday belongs out of the church and out on the street
This year, I will be joining many Episcopal priests in taking the public witness of Ash Wednesday one step further. On Wednesday, my colleague Catherine Caimano and I will put on cassocks and surplices, and go to a corner near Duke University Hospital with small containers of ashes and copies of a litany of repentance…
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A prayer for the liturgical professional on Ash Wednesday
God, lover of all humanity, with single-minded fervour you pursue sinners throughout history. Forgive my doubts and restore to me the joy of my vocation…