On Ash Wednesday the minister who applied my ashes said, “Remember that you are just…(and after an awkward pause) I mean dust, and to dust you shall return.” I smiled as I walked away thinking how far from being “just” I really am. I looked it up in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. As one of the four cardinal virtues it “consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor.” Throughout the Lenten season I’ve been praying prayers of repentance for the ways in which I’ve fallen short in this notion of justice, along with our church and our nation. I invite you to join me in the days leading up to Easter and beyond.
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