We reflect on the Catholic tradition of putting ashes on our foreheads today. Why Smear Ourselves with Ashes? Johnny Go, SJ Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter—later made into a movie starring Demi Moore—opens with the leading character, Hester, being led to the scaffold where she is to be publicly humiliated for committing the sin … Continue reading #65: Why Smear Ourselves with Ashes
