'Remember, you are dust, and unto dust you shall return'

WARWICK - Wednesday, March 9, marked the beginning of the season of Lent throughout the world. The 40 days that follow are set aside as a time of penance, reflection and fasting in preparation for Easter. Although Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation, most Catholics attend Mass or services to receive their ashes. As the priest, deacon or lay minister traces the sign of the cross on the foreheads of parishioners, they remind them that life on Earth will pass away: “Remember, you are dust, and unto dust you shall return.” The passage comes from based Genesis 3:19. Easter is April 24.