Ash Wednesday: The Threshold

Part I: The Invitation

Ash marks the beginning.

On this Ash Wednesday, she stands at the edge of the labyrinth with cool gray dust still resting on her skin. The words "remember that you are dust" settle not as an accusation, but as an invitation. Dust as origin. Dust as honesty. Dust as grace.

The path does not demand spectacle. It waits.

In this opening chapter of Via Cordis, the first step is taken. Nothing dramatic happens. And yet everything begins.

New chapters release daily throughout Lent.