Remember You Are Dust

About this episode

The episode discusses the significance of Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent in the Christian tradition.

Send us Fan Mail Today is Ash Wednesday on the Christian Year cycle. A number of Christian group gather for worship for the beginning of Lent. The actual word lent comes from Latin, ver which refers primarily to spring. However, the term as used in church is time of preparation for the coming focus on Jesus' sufferings and death and the glory of his resurrection. Even if you do not observe Lent with fasting and self-reflection the ritual of Ash Wednesday brings before us some vita...

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Host: Wayne A Conrad

Topics covered

• Ash Wednesday
• Lent
• Christian worship
• spiritual preparation
• Jesus' resurrection

Keywords

• Ash Wednesday
• Lent
• Christian Year
• spirituality
• preparation
• Jesus' sufferings
• resurrection

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Books & works: Lent

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