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God’s Message on ‘Ash Valentine’s Day’: True Love Dies
When the first day of Lent falls on a romantic holiday, love and death meet up.
Tish Harrison Warren
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Today,
on Valentine’s Day, while the world is bedecked with schmaltzy red and
pink hearts, I will stand before kneeling members of my congregation and
tell them that they are going to die. This, without a doubt, is among
the most punk rock things I have ever done.
For
the first time in 45 years, Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day, a
liturgical feast day commemorating not one but two martyrdoms. The
holiday—in old English, hāligdæg, or “holy day”—has been ...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018
God’s Message on ‘Ash Valentine’s Day’
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