Today we celebrate the beginning of the Lenten season. Ash Wednesday, the most penitential day of the year, ushers in the "bright sadness" (to use Alexander Schmemann's phrase). Sad because the next six weeks we shall be confronted by our sin--bright because the next six weeks we shall be reminded of the death and resurrection of our Lord.
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