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Ash Wednesday, in the Western Church, the first day of Lent Lent [Old Eng. lencten,=spring], Latin Quadragesima (meaning 40; thus the 40 days of Lent). In Christianity, Lent is a time of penance, prayer, preparation for or recollection of baptism, and preparation for the celebration of Easter . ..... Click the link for more information. , being the seventh Wednesday before Easter. On this day ashes are placed on the foreheads of the faithful to remind them of death, of the sorrow they should feel for their sins, and of the necessity of changing their lives. The practice, which dates from the early Middle Ages, is common among Roman Catholics, Anglicans and Episcopalians, and many Lutherans; it was also adopted by some Methodists and Presbyterians in the 1990s. |
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But even more than this, he notes how fragmented and fragile we are, which is symbolized and ritualized by the imposition of ashes on our foreheads. Mary's Episcopal Church - Ash Wednesday services with imposition of ashes will be held at the church, 166 E. 25) with the evocative rite of the imposition of ashes and the words: "Dust you are and unto dust you shall return" (Gen. |
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Imposition of ashes
