10/31/2023 0 Comments Imposition of ashes for griefAbraham noted that he was nothing but “dust and ashes.”Īs we come forward on Ash Wednesday to receive the ashes, we are acknowledging our sin and our mortality. Ashes were also a sign of one’s mortality. When an individual was repenting before God for their sin, they would roll in ashes, or sit in ashes, or place ashes on their head, a sign that they were humbling themselves before God and publicly expressing their grief, sorrow, repentance, and need for forgiveness. If you do the math, you’ll find that we’re actually 46 days away from Easter right now, but Sundays are considered feast days within the season of Lent, hence there are 40 days of fasting.Īshes were used in the Old Testament to represent several things: humility, repentance and mortality. Lent is a 40-day season of repentance, fasting, praying, and giving, which prepares us to rightly commemorate Christ’s death and to joyously celebrate his resurrection. Today marks the beginning of the season of Lent.
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