Word: resurrectionã
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Dates: during 2006-2006
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Yesterday, on Ash Wednesday, the Christian practice of Lent began: forty days of preparation for Resurrection??€”the zenith of faith. While in church, I witnessed an eclectic parade of coordinated bodies in procession toward the altar, where the priest marked each person’s forehead with a cross of ashes. By acknowledging every human’s origin and end in ashes and dust, we are moved toward more than a month of fasting and spiritual growth. In the spirit of ecumenism, similar practices are common to different religions and ways of life: Islamic Ramadan, Jewish...
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