2007-10-24 00:45:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Its the day we are supposed to empty our ashtrays.
2007-10-24 01:02:25 · answer #1 · answered by Cotton Wool Ninja 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the commemoration of the forty days before Easter It is the period when Jesus went into the desert to fast for forty days and forty nights prior to his crucifixion.It is also the beginning of Lent where we are asked to offer up sacrifices to God ,in preparation for his passion. The sign of the cross in ashes on the forehead of the faithful on Ash Wednesday reminds them that they are dust and unto dust they shall return.
2007-10-24 08:47:59 · answer #2 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the day people would cover themselves in ashes as a sign of repentance and knowledge of their filth before God. Ash Wednesday is a time for people to reflect on the necessity of the sacrifice of Jesus in order to be made righteous before God. It is also marks the 40 days of Lent when some choose to fast something in their lives as a sacrifice to their relationship with God.
2007-10-24 07:58:42 · answer #3 · answered by jeremycross777 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The mark of the beginning of Lent in the Christian Church. 40 days before Easter.
2007-10-24 07:48:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
where religious people have a cross of ash put on their foreheads probably ash from an ashtray
2007-10-24 07:54:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
A poem by TS Eliot.
2007-10-24 07:48:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋