[wideawake]

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.”

Ashes on one's forehead are hardly a mark of "righteousness" - they are a public admission that one is a sinner.

[Grunthor]

“they are a public admission that one is a sinner.”

“Catholics place the mark, which is often done in the shape of a cross, on their foreheads as a sign of repentance.”

Two questions;

Is it a sign of repentance or not?

What do you believe is the meaning of “God and sin no more.”

[Grunthor]

oops, not “God” but “GO and sin no more.”