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Dear Alice, Yes indeed the ashes and words : "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return," are certainly powerful. And, it becomes more powerful, when you realize that the ashes come from last year's Palm Sunday's palms. Vito
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Alice, I too have always considered attendance at Ash Wednesday services and especially the reception of ashes to be a complimentary penitential sign of our entering into the Great Fast. Nothing wrong with repenting with "both lungs". 
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Dear Dolly,
Yes, N'Awlins is simply an amazing place!
Around March 19th, they construct indoor and outdoor "St Joseph Altars" and even display them as one would a well-appointed Christmas tree.
I once suggested to a UGCC parish to construct a St Joseph Altar in order to formally greet their bishop whose name is "Joseph."
He loved it!
Alex
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Alex, The St. Joseph altars are Sicilian tradition so I'm assuming that's how they appear in New Orleans. Right? Vito
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