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“Remember, man, that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Ash Wednesday begins the 2021 season of Lent. Pope Francis suggested a theme A Time for Renewing Faith, Hope and Love. I mentioned that I am taking on my Lent framing this question, “What Would St. Joseph Do?” The two themes will overlap, since so much of this is focusing on living the virtues, following St. Joseph’s example. Beginning this Ash Wednesday there are a few sights and sounds that will be different. “God,” not “One God” First is a change in the wording of the Collect or Opening Prayer of the Mass, ...

President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, attend Mass with their families before the presidential inauguration at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2021. (CNS/Reuters/Tom Brenner) Editor's note: The Jan. 20 Mass in Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day morning was closed to the public, but the pastoral associate for liturgy and director of music ministries at the St. Matthew's Cathedral, who helped plan the liturgy, shares here the music, readings and prayer...