The Dispatch
Pork Roll, Lent, and Catholic identity
Lent is the perfect time, or as Isaiah 49.8 puts it, the “acceptable time,” to begin a journey of Christian difference. […]
Ash Wednesday
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Three questions to answer on Ash Wednesday
Since all human sin has its origins in that “original” sin of our first parents, let’s go back to that very beginning. […]
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“Because I do not hope to turn again…”: On the attraction of Ash Wednesday
What is this strange fascination with ashes? Today in Grand Central Station, if it was a typical Ash Wednesday, the priests of St. Agnes Church imposed ashes on the foreheads of over 20,000 people, which […]