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People crowd the church at an Ash Wednesday service. Their hushed voices leave barely an echo. Heavily incensed air fills the nave, and all stay attentive to the priest who speaks during the homily of the biblical truth of this day as an entrance into Lent, inviting worshippers into the most affecting and tragic aspects of Jesus’s story.
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Arel, S.N. (2016). Touching Shame: A Pathway to Disinterment. In: Affect Theory, Shame, and Christian Formation . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42592-4_5
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