Be "unabashedly Catholic"

Sister Mary Anne Walsh of the U.S. Conference for Catholic Bishops gives us something to keep in mind as Ash Wednesday approaches:

"The sacramentals feed that emotional side. Ash Wednesday does so especially. We can feel a little funny with ashes on our foreheads, but for Catholics, that’s how we mark the start of Lent. Ashes don’t say we’re holy. They say we’re sinners. They don’t say we’re perfect, only that we’re willing to try. They don’t say we’re models of religiosity, but they do say we belong. In today’s world of loners and isolates, that says a lot."

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