Perhaps of all the days in the Liturgical Calendar, it might appear out of sync for one to reflect on the meaning of the Catholic Priesthood on Ash Wednesday. After all, this day, as does the Church’s Liturgy, constitutes an invitation to reflect on two not very uplifting realities of human existence, namely, our mortality – remember that you are dust and unto dust you shall return; and our frailty – turn away from your sins and believe the Gospel. These two refrains of the ritual of the imposit...