"Memento, Homo, Quia Pulvis es...."
Today we receive ashes to mark the beginning of Lent. Most Catholics are familiar with the new method for distributing ashes: during the Mass, after the homily. "Don Jim" (Fr. Jim Tucker) has an English translation of the imposition of ashes according to the Old Rite over at Dappled Things.
What are you reading for Lent? If you're still looking for some ideas, check out The Lenten Bookshelf over at National Review Online.
Update: We received ashes at our church according to the Old Rite, and then attended the Traditional Latin Mass (or, more correctly, we "assisted at Mass"). The weekday Mass is a Low Mass, which to be honest, I don't like as much as the Solemn High Mass that is celebrated on Sundays. Still, it was clear (and perhaps, in a way, even more clear) during the Low Mass that we are not the focus of the Mass, Christ is.