Ash Wednesday

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[Salvation]

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[Salvation]

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[Salvation]

I don't think you are on my ping list. YET! Ha!

[Siobhan]

As Mother Angelica would say, "You are awesome!!!" Thank you, Salvation, for posting this.

[Siobhan]

Ash Wednesday ping.

[american colleen]

Thanks, Salvation. This is interesting enough for my kids to read and understand.

[Salvation]

**As Mother Angelica would say, "You are awesome!!!"**

And so are you! LOL!

[Salvation]

I really liked one of his answers: Heck, NO!

[nickcarraway]

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[My back yard]

Have I thanked you lately for your pings? I will now. Thanks.

[WaveThatFlag]

Please solve this dispute I have with a Catholic co-worker: Mass is not said on Good Friday, but Catholics are expected to at least vist the Church on that day. Correct?

[Salvation]

No, but you are welcome! LOL!

[Gophack]

Question: can a non-Catholic baptized Christian (born again) receive the ashes on Ash Wednesday? (I was going to ask a friend of mine to mass tomorrow.)

Also, what is a polite way of telling her she can't receive communion in the Catholic Church?

Thanks, and God bless!

[Salvation]

As far as I know there is no reason that she cannot receive the ashes tomorrow.

On the Communion item however, I would be tempted to use the inside cover of our missalette that has the guidelines for receiving Communion. Maybe someone else can put it into more delcate words than I am able at this moment.

She is always welcome to go up for a blessing, indicating no communion by placing her arms across her chest, hand to opposite shoulders.

[Salvation]

Lent and Fasting

[NYer]

Another excellent post!

By using palms from Palm Sunday, it is a reminder that we must not only rejoice of Jesus' coming but also regret the fact that our sins made it necessary for him to die for us in order to save us from hell.

This is most interesting and lends greater significance to the ashes. For those of us who can't make it to church during lunch tomorrow, a chaplain will be coming to the capitol to distribute ashes to the catholics. It is one of those rare moments when faith transcends political affiliations.

[SoothingDave]

Please solve this dispute I have with a Catholic co-worker: Mass is not said on Good Friday, but Catholics are expected to at least vist the Church on that day. Correct?

Good Friday is not a day of obligation.

SD

[SoothingDave]

Also, what is a polite way of telling her she can't receive communion in the Catholic Church?

Simply tell her, as the missalette does, that Communion is a sign of unity. It is sad that there is disunity in the Christian people, but that to share in Communion would be to express a falsehood about our unity.

SD

[WaveThatFlag]

I don't think you understand my question. It is certainly not a day of obligation, because there are no masses for required attendance. But aren't you expected to at least stop by and reflect?