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Ash Wednesday at the YMCA
annika gordon
ash wednesday
lent
Feb 14, 2024
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Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and marks the beginning of forty days of reflection, prayer, and penance leading up to Easter. In the Christian tradition, Ash Wednesday invites us to consider the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as well as acknowledge our own mortality.
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