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/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ash_Cross_credit_Grzegorz_Krupa-Pixabay_banner.jpeg840460Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, the season of preparation for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter. To mark the occasion, »ÆÉ«ÊÓƵ minister, the Revd Lucy Berry, offers the following reflection and poem. Ash Wednesday is the day when we glimpse our part in the destruction of Jesus. If we […]