[Joel 2:12-18; 2Cor
5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18]
To help us understand the
significance of lent the Church makes use of a sign, the sign of ashes. Ashe is
blessed and imposed on the forehead of each one of us.
Ash is an object of daily
contact. Every one, young or old, come in contact with ash or dust, and
everyone knows that it is one of the things of least importance.