It's heartening to see packed Polish chruches on Ash Wednesday, be it Warsaw's St Stanislaus Kostka or Sterling Hts' Our Lady of Częstochowa. Anyone attend an Ash Wednseday service today or is planning to? Anyone know whether the Anglicans also have their heads sprinkled with blessed ashes?
The 40 Days of Lent Ash Wednesday ushers in is a great time for self-reflection, self-denial and self-restraint -- all great character builders regardless of religious or irreligious motivation. Just think how NOT reaching for that beer will benefit your waistline, brain and liver. After all, aren't the beer barons filthy rich enough already?
