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See? Behind the girl on the left? A little bit of grey sweater and brown hair? Yeah. I knew that of the many shots the photographer shot during Mass, a version of this would make it – the little girl with the ashes peering over the pew was too good a shot – she probably…

Today’s GA text, translated by Teresa Benedetta In placing ashes on the head of the faithful, the celebrant says: “Remember that you are dust and, to dust you will return” (cfr Gen 3,19), or repeats Jesus’s exhortation: “Repent and believe in the Gospel” (cfr Mk 1,15). Both formulas are reminders of the truth of human…

Pope Leo the Great: Therefore, dearly-beloved, seeing that, as we are taught by our Redeemer’s precept, “man lives not in bread alone, but in every word of God ,” and it is right that Christian people, whatever the amount of their abstinence, should rather desire to satisfy themselves with the “Word of God” than with…

So much for that mega-post below.  I’ll try again soon. As we look to Ash Wednesday, a few Lent links. Practiced blogosphere surfers will have already seen them, but nonetheless: Marcel LeJeune’s well-done summary at Aggie Catholics NCR(egister’s) suggestions 40 Ways to Improve Your Lent The Pope’s Lenten Message which focuses on almsgiving, very powerfully. The Internet…
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