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3catwoman3

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1. I'm a UU, so can't speak to your questions, but I have a funny Ash Wednesday story.

Reply to wnylib (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 11:01 PM

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I wasn't raised Catholic, so never participated in the ashes on the forehead thing. Every spring, at the pediatric office in which I worked for nearly 25 years, I'd be puzzled by mothers and kids coming in with what looked like bruises on their forehead. It would take a few patients before I'd remember the Ash Wednesday ritual.

Most of the time, what had been a cross had become just smudges and really did look like bruises. Had the criss-cross shape been detectable, I'd probably have caught on sooner.

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