Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.
I went to the 7.30pm service at the great minster, where a Trollopian atmosphere remains intact.
The choir gathered at the extreme west end to sing the introit, the sacred noise booming through the shadows and gothic arches of the darkened nave to where the congregation sat in the candlelit chancel.
The priest reminded us "we are only here for a short season". Marking with ashes ("dust thou art and to dust thou shalt return"). Holy Communion.
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