For those who participate in Ash Wednesday mass and receiving ashes, is it due to obligation or true faith and humility? Honestly, it's obligation for me, although it makes me ask why every day isn't a lenten day? The Gospel reading for Ash Wednesday is from the sixth chapter of Matthew—the chapter in which Jesus teaches the disciples to recite the Lord’s Prayer. But, in the reading, Jesus goes beyond simply telling us what words to say. The passage teaches us how to pray.

With meditation just keep bringing the puppy back to the newspaper.