(The audio on this one is poorer than the others -- sorry!)
Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent, and as such it serves as a way for us to "get back on track" with God and our faith. Lent offers us all the opportunity to pull back a little from our attention to ourselves and our passions, and to focus more on God and our neighbor. The three practices of Lent -- Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving -- can serve to prepare us well to celebrate the Paschal Mystery of Christ.
