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Mark Wahlberg compares Valentine's Day and lent on Ash Wednesday after airing of the recent Christian Super Bowl ad receives backlash: 'Where do you get more love than with the Lord?'


On Sunday, the prayer app aired an ad during the Super Bowl that led to the single largest surge in download numbers ever experienced by the platform

Hallow, a Catholic meditation app supported by Wahlberg, saw its largest-ever surge of downloads after airing a Super Bowl ad on Sunday night. As evidenced by the ashes placed in the shape of a cross on his forehead, the 52-year-old father of four, who is a devout Catholic, partook in the Christian tradition that marks the start of the holy season of Lent, before making his appearance on Good Morning America. As evidenced by the ashes placed in the shape of a cross on his forehead, the 52-year-old actor, who is a devout Catholic, partook in the Christian tradition that marks the start of the holy season of Lent, before making his appearance on Good Morning America

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