Today, Ash Wednesday, we begin our Lenten observance with the reception of ashes. In this photo above, Fr Simeon, from St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer Massachusetts, distributes ashes
to the sisters.
Fr. Simeon reminded us in today's homily that Lent is about new birth. It mirrors the natural environment and our experience of Spring. Like the plants and trees around us, we hope to shed
winter's vestiges and become alive with new growth so that we may resurrect with Christ on Easter.
