SUNBURY — As the Lenten season begins, many folks across The Valley are preparing to fast and repent — but first they will be marked with ashes. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, and Pastor Kerry Walter of the Holy Spirit parish of the American National Catholic Church in Lewisburg says it is a moving experience. “Ash Wednesday is powerful,” Walter said. ”If you really take it seriously, it is a shock. To have someone mark ashes on your forehead and say to you ‘Remember oh man, remember oh woman that though art dust and to dust though shall return,’ it shock us out of our arrogance, our self sufficiency and our pride. ...
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