During Ash Wednesday church, Lucy’s little brother whispered, “Did everyone bump into the same dusty wall today?”
On Ash Wednesday, Jake asked if the ashes could give him superpowers, and the priest said, “Yes, the power to remember to be kind.”
When Grandma saw the ash cross on Ash Wednesday, she said, “Now you match my fireplace, but you’re much cuter.”
On Ash Wednesday, Ben saw so many people with ash crosses that he thought there was a secret club called The Forehead Squad.
Ash Wednesday always comes 46 days before Easter, and the ashes used for the crosses often come from burning the palm branches from the previous year’s Palm Sunday.
On Ash Wednesday the church door opened to cold light. On Ash Wednesday people stood in line, heads bowed. On Ash Wednesday a child closed his eyes and whispered "I'm sorry" as the priest pressed a grey cross of ash on his forehead. On Ash Wednesday his mother held his hand and breathed. After Ash Wednesday they walked home comforted.
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