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Nathaniel Miller, Reporter
Odessa American
ODESSA, TEXAS - Blanca Gregg was one of 20 people at First Christian Church Wednesday to celebrate Ash Wednesday, the annual celebration to start the Lenten season.
After a short service outside in the lawn, a rendition of ‘Amazing Grace,” Gregg received her ashes on her forehead, others electing to have theirs on the top of their hands.
For Gregg, Ash Wednesday was spent with her family. As a child, she said, her parents would take her to mass, a tradition she tries to continue with her daughter and grandchildren.
“It symbolizes to me … how important that was … that our Lord Jesus Christ died for us,” Gregg said after the service about why the Lenten period was important to her. ...
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