He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Lent started this week and on Ash Wednesday we paraphrase part of Ecclesiastes 3:20: τὰ πάντα πορεύεται εἰς τόπον ἕνα τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο ἀπὸ τοῦ χοός καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐπιστρέφει εἰς τὸν χοῦν All go to the same place. All came from the dust ( earth-heap) and all return to the dust ( earth-heap) . et omnia pergunt ad unum locum. De terra (earth) facta sunt, et in terram pariter revertuntur. I made sure to use the accented Greek - they matter (sometimes). (Easy word: panta = all) εἰς = to, but ἕνα comes from εἷς , which is 'one'. εις (Adjective) Masculine Feminine Neuter Sing. Plur. Sing. Plur. Sing. Plur. Nom. εις μια μια μια Acc. ενα μιαν μια ενα μια Dat. ενι μια ενι Gen. ενος μιας ενος Chapter 3 of Ecclesiastes starts with the very famous " There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven--"... which I may return to in another post. I want really to go back to the start of t