Today is marked as a moment to begin thinking about our true nature - human beings or mortals who will soon be ending life's short journey here on earth - and the realization or at least a renewal of such realization that God is great, good, powerful, merciful and truly Divine. Thus, as human beings we were formed from dust and to dust shall we return. That is very humbling and so indeed that we must not boast of anything more than what our true nature is. Otherwise, like the fallen angels, pride and greed would permeate the soul. Being Ash Wednesday, we are being encouraged to heed the call for repentance and reconciliation, as well as to do further acts of cleansing the soul like abstinence, fasting and mortification. Throug these graces shall we obtain the merits of heaven and eternal life. For everything that is good in us will follow. Again, and remember, the time is now.
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