So, according to the old Roman Pontifical, on Ash Wednesday the Bishop expelled the Ashed Penitents from Church “with tears” (did the MC have to provide the Pontiff with a sliced onion?).
On Maundy Thursday, the Penitents were received back into the Church, the following Prayer being used.
Perhaps one of the ills which lie at the roots of our present problems is the loss of a sense of an actual
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