This is CRAZY!
I was thinking of you and was going to send you a private mail only a few hours ago.
Then I figured “leave her alone” lol.
There was a raging discussion and I was thinking how you are always even keeled and your posts show a confidence and wisdom that comes from life experience.
In other words, the opposite of my mom who’s a nervous wreck lol
As an aside to all:
Ash Wednesday is celebrated to one extent or another by most Western Christian Denominations. I have been to Ash Wednesday celebrations in Presbyterian Churches, Anglican Churches and Roman Catholic Churches. While having been to a number of Eastern Christian denominations on various holidays and services, I am not familiar which of the Churches of the Eastern traditions use this as a “start of Lenten observances” and which do not.
Roman Catholic Churches are very uniform in celebrating this service but I don’t believe it is even rated as a “Holy Day of Obligation” in the Roman Catholic denominations.