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An Ash Wednesday Mystery, and Lent in the desert

The Tuesday Pillar Post

JD Flynn
Feb 16, 2021
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Hey everybody—

Today is Tuesday of the sixth week in Ordinary Time, and here’s what we’ve been working on at The Pillar:

First, an Ash Wednesday Mystery™ you will enjoy.

Here’s the deal: Lent starts tomorrow.

In most U.S. dioceses, because of the pandemic, ashes will be sprinkled atop the head instead of traced on the forehead. For the U.S., this is unusua…

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