Why should christians celebrate ash wednesday. They go to church, put ash on their forehead like the hindus
2007-02-20 03:50:18 · 7 answers · asked by mamakumar 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Maha shivarathri is end of winter
2007-02-20 03:55:10 · update #1
the question is why should you celebrate it, did jesus tell you to
2007-02-20 03:59:33 · update #2
sorry none of the answers is convincing
2007-02-23 03:55:22 · update #3
+ Ashes in the Bible +
"O daughter of my people, gird on sackcloth, roll in the ashes." (Jeremiah 6:26)
"I turned to the Lord God, pleading in earnest prayer, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes." (Daniel 9:3)
"When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in the ashes." (Jonah 3:6)
"And all the Israelite men, women and children who lived in Jerusalem prostrated themselves in front of the temple building, with ashes strewn on their heads, displaying their sackcloth covering before the Lord." (Judith 4:11; see also 4:15 and 9:1)
"That day they fasted and wore sackcloth; they sprinkled ashes on their heads and tore their clothes." (1 Maccabees 3:47; see also 4:39)
Jesus refers to the use of sackcloth and ashes as signs of repentance: "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes." (Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13)
+ Ashes Wednesday +
As the beginning of Lent, Ash Wednesday calls us to the conversion journey that marks the season.
As those preparing to join the Church enter the final stage of their preparation for the Easter sacraments, we are all called to walk with them so that we will be prepared to renew our baptismal promises when Easter arrives.
When we receive ashes on our foreheads, we remember:
+ Who we are
+ That we are creatures of the earth
. "Remember that you are dust"
+ That we are mortal beings
. "and to dust you will return"
+ That we are people on a journey of conversion
. "Turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel"
+ That we are members of the body of Christ
+ That smudge on our foreheads will proclaim that identity to others, too
With love in Christ.
2007-02-20 07:20:47 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lent season. It usually lasts for 40days..the days of penance and fasting. The Ash put on the forehead reminds the man-
"Remember, man, that you are dust
And unto dust you shall return."
But this is not followed by all the sects of the Christianity.
2007-02-20 12:00:36 · answer #2 · answered by Avinash V 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The origin of the custom of using ashes in religious ritual is lost in the mists of pre-history, but we find references to the practice in our own religious tradition in the Old Testament. The prophet Jeremiah, for example, calls for repentance this way: "O daughter of my people, gird on sackcloth, roll in the ashes" (Jer 6:26).
With love in Jesus
2007-02-20 22:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by imacatlick2 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its the start of the 40 days before Jesus died, and thats why we celebrate Easter, the ashes are from palm's used on palm sunday.
2007-02-20 11:56:17 · answer #4 · answered by joeylynn h 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is a reminder that from dirt /ash, we were made and to dirt/ash, we will return.
2007-02-20 11:56:57 · answer #5 · answered by Midge 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It represents the end of winter.
2007-02-20 11:53:18 · answer #6 · answered by Lindsay Jane 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
dosent matter
2007-02-24 11:29:00 · answer #7 · answered by mallika_aol 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋