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A remembrance of what's important
AUBURN - Worshippers attending an Ash Wednesday service and receiving the blessed mark of an ash cross on their foreheads were not doing so to be seen by fellow worshippers but to remind and encourage others to focus on the things that last: God and relationships with loved ones, said the Rev. Frank Lioi of St. Mary's Church.
“With ashes on our foreheads, each of us serves as an image of Christ to one another and thereby we support and reinforce one another as we begin our Lenten journey of prayer, fasting and alms-giving,” Lioi said in his homily during the 12:05 p.m. Wednesday service at the Clark Street church.
Parishioners were asked to bring in their old palm leaves from last year's Palm Sunday. The church burned them in a metal barrel Tuesday before preparing the ashes for Wednesday's ministry. The Lenten season continues until Holy Thursday, three days before Easter.
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