tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8402082.post5277733497265324226..comments2023-09-21T02:50:23.155-07:00Comments on HolyCoast: Why Ash Wednesday?Rick Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06087847892047296117noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8402082.post-55092450729523057412012-02-22T18:30:46.507-08:002012-02-22T18:30:46.507-08:00Hard to know what you missed when you haven't ...Hard to know what you missed when you haven't experienced it. There are lots of unbelievers who feel they haven't missed much by never going to church, but then we know better.<br /><br />Ash Wednesday brings to remembrance our need to repent, reinvigorating the spiritual life. Can any Christian eschew repentance? Can any Christian say that their spiritual life is so great that it doesn't need reflection?<br /><br />These traditions are to remind us of who we are and to whom we belong. These are not the vain traditions of which Jesus spoke. Most of us fall into sin because we just plain forget.Nightingalenoreply@blogger.com