One of the first things that the Bible tells us bout the Creation of man is that God created him from the dust. A little farther into the Book of Genesis, we are told "for dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return". That may not be something that many think about very often but next week, with Ash Wednesday marking the beginning of Lent, it's a passage that will be foremost in my mind. Although it's not a Holy Day of Obligation in my Catholic faith, it's an important observance and one I rarely miss...
