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淩emember that You are Dust Ash Wednesday on Two Campuses
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February 22, 2023
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To mark Ash Wednesday, students, faculty, and families at 91快活林 Aquinas College檚 two campuses gathered for Mass and to receive their ashes.
In Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel on the New England campus, Head Chaplain Rev. Greg Markey cited a homily by St. Augustine on Matthew 6:16-21, particularly Our Lord檚 admonition to 渘ot look dismal when fasting. 淧ride can be found not only in gaudiness and show of things pertaining to the body, but also in gloominess, he said. 淭he danger lies in the deception, under the name of serving God.
Fr. Markey went on to give an analogy of wolves in sheep檚 clothing, warning against pretenders. He pointed out that the cross of ashes borne on the forehead of a Catholic is a symbol of men檚 mortality, serving to remind them of their sins, not to be worn as a symbol of pride. 淎 Christian should not try to delight the eyes of men by superfluous ornament on this account, because pretenders, too, may assume the same frugal appearance in order to deceive those not on their guard, he said. 淭hose sheep should not lay aside their own skins, for the wolves may attempt to cover themselves with them.
Photos: Ash Wednesday in New England
In California, the campus檚 chaplains donned their purple vestments and distributed ashes at each of the day檚 Masses in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel. Congregants filed down the nave to receive, leaving the communion rail with ashen crosses.
At the mid-day mass, Head Chaplain Rev. Robert Marczewski urged the congregation to remember Lent檚 aims of prayer and penance. The practice of 済iving things up for Lent can be an occasion of pride, he warned, challenging students to use the season to grow closer to God: 淟et us let our hearts be renewed and reinvigorated.
