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Jonas replied, “Hey … we say that in church!” Sharon Wilson Reedsville, Pa.
Ashes—they count Dressed in a black cassock on Ash Wednesday, Kyle Rouze of Calvary Lutheran Church, Richland Hills, Texas, went into Fort Worth to offer the imposition of ashes to people on their lunch break. One woman asked for a blessing and the pas- tor prayed with her and made the sign of the cross with ashes on her forehead. When she asked what church he represented and he told her, she turned to her friend and said, “It’s not Catholic,” and wiped the ashes away. Rouze couldn’t resist tell- ing her, “It counts anyway.” Chuck Pegg Justin, Texas
Discount comes early I stopped at a fast food restaurant after Ash Wednesday wor- ship. A teenage server took my order, then peered at my (40-something) face closely. I assumed she was going to com- ment on the ashes on my forehead, but instead she loudly announced, “I gave you the senior discount!” Carolyn Bolz Riverside, Calif.
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y son-in-law, Scott, and my grandson, Jonas, 3, had just finished playing with Jonas’ Star Wars light sabers when Scott said, “May the Force be with you.” Puzzled,
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ACROSS 1. Roof overhangs 6. Bobbin
11. __ Thursday 12. Slanting type 14. Allocate a task 15. Local inhabitant 16. The shakes, for short 17. Some collars and jackets 19. By way of 20. Former coins of Portugal 22. Digging tool 23. Cookie containers 24. Standing tall 26. Be a sign of 28. Find in a mine 30. Bus depot, for short 31. “But Mary stood __ outside the tomb” (John 20:11)
35. Pungent salad green 39. “He has put heavy chains __” (two words from Lamentations 3:7)
40. Genetic stuff 42. Slight quarrel 43. Real Vision Imaging (abbr.) 44. Altar __, the worship committee
46. Wedding vow 47. Excavating machine 49. Primary source 51. Calm and composed 52. On the third day __ again (two words)
53. Monica __, tennis player 54. Mulder of the X-Files
DOWN 1. Resurrection day 2. “G’day” speaker 3. Venture Network of Iowa (abbr.)
4. Lawn border 5. Instrument of 80s pop music, for short
6. “... the Son of man must be handed over to __” (Luke 24:7)
7. School groups 8. Feedbag content 9. Singer Newton-John
10. “Why do you look for the __ among the dead?” (Luke 24:5)
11. Treasure of Sierra __ 13. __ and desist 18. Alley__ 21. Mouthwash brand 23. Russian rulers before 1917 25. Angle or pod preceder 27. List shortener, for short 29. “His steadfast love __ forever” (Psalm 118:1)
31. “Then they remembered his __” (Luke 24:8)
32. Wishes one had 33. Political exile 34. Backward gerund ender 36. __e, another name for disciple
37. Enjoys inflicting pain 38. “They found the __rolled away ...” (Luke 24:2)
41. Greeting at a luau 44. Autry or Kelly 45. Bit at the bottom 48. Beauty goop 50. Mad state
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