2007-02-21 05:00:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Yes.
Over a billion Catholics and other Christians will observe Ash Wednesday this year and the rest of Lent.
+ 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.
2007-02-21 16:15:12 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does 9/11 have to do with it?
2007-02-21 05:03:23 · answer #2 · answered by kermit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please tell me what Ash Wednesday has to do with 9/11? Ash Wednesday is a religous day for Catholics, and 9/11 was a terrorist attack on our country 4 1/2 years ago. I don't see the connection.
2007-02-21 05:04:42 · answer #3 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't see the connection either, as the previous posts, unless in your sick mind you think they will be using the ashes from 9/11?
could it be that you are that sick? For you sake I hope not. One thing has nothing to do with the other.
2007-02-21 05:09:13 · answer #4 · answered by CHUMBA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I switched to Orthodoxy. Aside from that there is no connection between the two.
P.S. If I remember correctly I am able to find plenty of leaders in both churches.
2007-02-21 05:09:40 · answer #5 · answered by higg1966 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
final year i became into interior the canteen in paintings, between the girl became into asserting she hate whilst people eat meat on Ash Wednesday, then I reported to her, "is that ideal?" then i ended my Corn beef sandwich.
2016-10-02 12:17:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
religion is for people who follow and can't lead. it's bad for my constitution
2007-02-21 05:03:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋