Reflecting on the Ashes

Ash Wednesday ushers in the Lenten season, the forty day period of fasting, almsgiving and prayer that helps Christians prepare for Easter. In the liturgy this day, we are invited to reflect on how we can best incorporate these into our daily lives and on our need for purification - to humbly remember that from dust we were born and will one day return.
An official at the Pope’s charity office Cor Unum, Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo speaks to Tracey McClure about what we should be thinking of as we enter into the Lenten season...