ash wednesday

With Ash Wednesday we begin the season of Lent. I recently listened to the song Ashes. We rise again from ashes. This is a wonderful image of repentance and is fitting for the season of Lent. However, as I contemplated the older meaning of the word “Lent” as springtime, a different image came to mind. IContinue reading “Ash Wednesday”

Ash Wednesday

Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel. Ash Wednesday To prepare the ashes for Ash Wednesday it is our custom to take the blessed palms from the year before and burn them, adding blessed oil. These are the ashes that are placed on our foreheads as a mark of repentance. We takeContinue reading “Ash Wednesday”