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ROMAN Catholic deacon Roland Joseph urged parishioners at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Port of Spain to try to get closer to God by choosing love over sin, in his message for the start of Lent.

He spoke on Ash Wednesday (March 5) to a congregation that included pupils from Nelson St Girls' RC School, Nelson St Boys' RC School and Bethlehem Boys' RC School.

Joseph marked the sign of a cross on each person's forehead using ash which he said was both a symbol of the sin in each of our lives and a reminder that God made Adam out of dust.