2007-02-20 22:58:25 · 9 answers · asked by lynn 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I'm not too religious, - South Australian Ash Wednesday Fires
The South Australia fires burnt 208,000 hectares in the Adelaide Hills and in farming country in the south-east of the state. In addition, 21,000 hectares of pine plantations were destroyed. Twenty-eight lives and 383 houses were lost. The total cost of the damage to private property in South Australia was also estimated to be more than $200 million.
"I could not believe the speed at which the flames moved... there's no way you could have beaten it running"
. so apologies if you are looking for an answer from the church....... this is my memory of Ash Wednesday
2007-02-20 23:11:48 · answer #1 · answered by renclrk 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the Western Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and occurs forty-six days before Easter. It falls on different dates from year to year, according to the date of Easter; it can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10. Ash Wednesday can fall on Leap Day only during a leap year for which April 15 is Easter Sunday. The next time Ash Wednesday will fall on Leap Day will be in 2096, the first such year since the 1582 adoption of the Gregorian Calendar.
Hope this helps. :)
2007-02-21 07:01:51 · answer #2 · answered by Jaded 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The first day of Lent, The ash is made from last year's palm leaves, a priest puts a cross on your forehead to symbolize penintence.
2007-02-21 07:08:03 · answer #3 · answered by Crash 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a lame excuse of a way for the priests to not worry about the abuse of the little boys. This is why the Catholics say they protect and defend the rights of gays. Al;so, this gives you a chance to repent. But you have to give up meat while the elders and priests pig out at McDonald's.
It is not for me to say the Catholic Church is tainted and immoral. However, it is time the world knows the real truths. Some of the answerers will shove material down your throat; however, if you click on this web site, the truth will set you free.
http://www.amaluxherbal.com/the_scandals_of_the_catholic_church.htm
With love in Christ; but with truth for the masses.
2007-02-22 02:14:12 · answer #4 · answered by imacatlick2 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
+ 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)
+ Ash 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 baptized
+ 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.
2007-02-22 00:10:32 · answer #5 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A day for all Catholics to pretend to be sorry for partying hard on Fat Tuesday.
2007-02-21 07:01:08 · answer #6 · answered by A Word In Edgewise 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A secret Catholic ritual involving marijuana and young goats. Shhhh
2007-02-21 07:01:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The day you decide it is okay to write on your forehead with a black marker.
2007-02-21 07:01:59 · answer #8 · answered by Spam 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i tihnk its something that catholics do,where they put something weird thing on their foreheads...
2007-02-21 07:02:09 · answer #9 · answered by ♥ 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋