Thursday, February 23, 2012

A Convenient Ash Wednesday

When we walked to work this morning I was reminded that it was Ash Wednesday, as several folks had obviously been to church and their foreheads had the dark ashen cross on them. Some crosses were more obvious than others. St. Peter's Church is just across the street from the Library of Congress, where another Ash Wednesday session was held over the lunch hour. When I walked back to work, a LOT of people had obviously attended that service. But when we were dropping our grandson off for his wrestling practice after work, we passed by the Eastern Market metro stop. Right in front of the escalator was an interesting sight. There were 2 priests, or one priest and a helper, distributing ashes right at the metro stop. I asked them how business was, and they said it was a really big hit. I heard about the drive by/drive in ash distribution, but this is really taking your service to another level.
The bus stop at the  Eastern Market metro stop
Business was hot

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