Ash Wednesday
St. Francis de Paola, Brooklyn, 2019
The church was cold inside. Leo’s first church. My intent was to stand where he would have stood. The repairs should be complete by Easter. It’s Ash Wednesday. Dead silence. Then a memory. Concede nobis, Domine, praesidia militiae christianae sanctis inchoare ieiuniis, ut, contra spiritales nequitias pugnaturi, continentiae muniamur auxiliis.
