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Ash wednesday Quote by Thomas Merton

“Ash Wednesday is full of joy...The source of all sorrow is the illusion that of ourselves we are anything but dust.” quote by Thomas Merton — Download Open image

“Ash Wednesday is full of joy...The source of all sorrow is the illusion that of ourselves we are anything but dust.”

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Because these wings are no longer wings to fly But merely vans to beat the air The air which is now thoroughly small and…

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In this brief transit where the dreams cross The dream-crossed twilight between birth and dying Ash Wednesday.

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From dust you came and to dust you shall return. Turn to Christ and sin no more.

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Merciful and everliving God, Creator of heaven and earth, the crucified body of your Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this…

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