There’s an old tradition that on Epiphany, as Christmas ends, we chant a proclamation of the year’s feasts and fasts—the dates for Ash Wednesday, Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost. My hunch last weekend was that, given the impending snowstorm, the last thing any of us needed was anything to make Mass last longer! But, it’s worth mentioning that this year Easter will be early! And Ash Wednesday is only about a month away—February 14, to be precise. Not too early to be thinking about Lent—the places in our lives where we need to grow, the sacrifices we’re called to make, the charity we can do. Don’t forget either the Catholic custom of keeping Carnival, of celebrating life’s richness, in these four weeks. Let’s feast and fast well this year!