A Handful of Dust
“Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.” - Alan Watts
"Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring." - St. Catherine of Siena.
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"Ash Wednesday is full of joy... The source of all sorrow is the illusion that of ourselves we are anything but dust…Nevertheless, the liturgy of this day is not focused on the sinfulness of the penitent but on the mercy of God. The question of sinfulness is raised preci…