Ash Wednesday...

We are so blessed to have another Catholic family to celebrate our faith with here in Qatar. They just moved here in mid January and live right down the street. This morning we got together to commemorate Ash Wednesday. It just so happened that my friend had some blessed palm leaves from last year's Palm Sunday Mass. So we got busy and burned a little leaf up in order to have the ashes for our at-home Ash Wednesday service.

Burning up "the leaf"

Boys intently studying the fire

A before and after shot

Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel...

A pic of the whole crew after receiving their ashes...

May you all have a blessed and holy Ash Wednesday!