If you're in the vicinity of the Shadeland Avenue trolley stop today, you might be able to take part in a unique Ash Wednesday event.
Today is the day Christians mark the beginning of 40 days of Lent by placing ashes in the form of a cross on their foreheads.
It reminds us of our human nature, that we are in fact dust and one day will return to dust. Hopefully not for awhile, though.
It's part of the penitence and sacrifice that is so much a part of the Lenten tradition.
The problem often can be that our busy lives get in the way of much of the sacrifice, including getting to church to get ashes.
Well, Incarnation Holy Sacrament Church, at the corner of Shadeland Avenue and Garrett Road in Upper Darby might have just the solution.
The church rector plans to be at the Shadeland Avenue trolley stop at 7:30 a.m. handing out what they are calling "Ashes to Go."
Father Benjamin Wallis will literally be doing ashes at the trolley stop.
With the temperatures we've been having, I hope he's dressed in something other than vestments.
We'll be there to detail this novel Ash Wednesday celebration.
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