To: narses
"Gregory marked their foreheads with ashes reminding them of the biblical symbol of repentance (sackcloth and ashes) and mortality: "You are dust, and to dust you will return" (Gen 3:19)." Thanks for the history. ;0)
8 posted on
03/01/2009 1:17:42 PM PST by
GonzoII
("That they may be one...Father")
To: GonzoII
10 posted on
03/01/2009 2:06:27 PM PST by
narses
(http://www.theobamadisaster.com/)
To: GonzoII
Thanks for that. I’ve always attended Ash Wednesday mass, and couldn’t explain the biblical reasoning behind it. All I knew is that it represented repentance and a new begining. Which I am fond of. God is good.
12 posted on
03/01/2009 3:34:00 PM PST by
mgist
(Thus in Psalm 103, we pray, "Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, hear)
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