^{How quickly comes Ash Wednesday after Christmas! Wednesday, February, 18th is Ash Wednesday and so begins our annual soul searching and soul cleansing! Yes, and it is also the time, that we contemplate Jesus’s suffering and death.}

^{Scores of reflections have been written about the Lenten experience. I hope that everyone reading this entry, is ready to begin their journey with Jesus from His life and ministry in Palestine, to His death. Invariably, if we are reading and praying the scriptures, we also, find many fine words and special guidance for our lives from the experience of Jesus during Lent.}

^{May you have a Blessed Ash Wednesday!}

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