"It was spitting rain as I headed up Talbot Street. Approaching O'Connell Street, I detoured right on to Marlborough Street to duck into the former Pro Cathedral - now called St Mary's Cathedral - to get some ashes. Often churches leave a bowl inside the door for anyone who can't or doesn't want to sit through mass on Ash Wednesday."
"I'm not a particularly religious person, but I have a personal reason for getting the ashes. My father was a man of great faith, said the Angelus each night and got the ashes, as well as having his throat blessed on the Feast of St Blaise."
The Ash Wednesday ritual honoured in memory of a late father was interpreted by others as 'far right'. It was spitting rain while the person headed up Talbot Street, and they detoured onto Marlborough Street to enter the former Pro Cathedral, now St Mary's Cathedral, to receive ashes. Churches often leave a bowl inside the door for anyone who cannot or does not want to sit through Mass on Ash Wednesday. The person is not particularly religious but sought ashes for personal reasons. The father was a man of great faith who said the Angelus each night, received ashes, and had his throat blessed on the Feast of St Blaise.
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