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02-06-2008, 01:40 PM | #1 |
BANNED FOR STEALING YORKIETALK CONTENT! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Residenting in Wichita, Ks / Hometown in Arlington, Tx
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| ♥Happy Ash Wednesday!!♥ ****i'm not sure who celebrates this but....**** Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. It is a season of penance, reflection, and fasting which prepares us for Christ's Resurrection on Easter Sunday, through which we attain redemption. Why we receive the ashes Following the example of the Nine vites, who did penance in sackcloth and ashes, our foreheads are marked with ashes to humble our hearts and reminds us that life passes away on Earth. We remember this when we are told "Remember, Man is dust, and unto dust you shall return." Ashes are a symbol of penance made sacramental by the blessing of the Church, and they help us develop a spirit of humility and sacrifice. The distribution of ashes comes from a ceremony of ages past. Christians who had committed grave faults performed public penance. On Ash Wednesday, the Bishop blessed the hair shirts which they were to wear during the forty days of penance, and sprinkled over them ashes made from the palms from the previous year. Then, while the faithful recited the Seven Penitential Psalms, the penitents were turned out of the church because of their sins -- just as Adam, the first man, was turned out of Paradise because of his disobedience. The penitents did not enter the church again until Maundy Thursday after having won reconciliation by the toil of forty days' penance and sacramental absolution. Later, all Christians, whether public or secret penitents, came to receive ashes out of devotion. In earlier times, the distribution of ashes was followed by a penitential procession. The Ashes The ashes are made from the blessed palms used in the Palm Sunday celebration of the previous year. The ashes are christened with Holy Water and are scented by exposure to incense. While the ashes symbolize penance and contrition, they are also a reminder that God is gracious and merciful to those who call on Him with repentant hearts. His Divine mercy is of utmost importance during the season of Lent, and the Church calls on us to seek that mercy during the entire Lenten season with reflection, prayer and penance. |
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02-06-2008, 01:43 PM | #2 |
Mommy Loves Koda & Kacy! Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Home of the NY Yankees
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| Thank You so much!!!! I got my ashes today
__________________ http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=3a2e8eedc3dc6290fbd72e&skin_id=1603&utm_s ource=otm&utm_medium=text_url Mommy Loves:Koda & Kacy. Smile Life is a GIFT First Lady of the SRC~ Koda Benji |
02-06-2008, 03:38 PM | #3 |
Jojo's & Junior's too! Donating YT Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Watsonville, CA
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| That was beautiful. I am going after work with my kids. My husband will go after work.
__________________ Josie, Jojo, Junior & Veronica **...No Home is Complete Without a Yorkie...or Two...better make that 3!..** |
02-06-2008, 06:32 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: upstate ny
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| We just got home from getting our ashes. I love the season of lent! |
02-06-2008, 10:00 PM | #7 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago
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| don't feel bad.. I knew about it yesterday.. but forgot today plus we had such horrible weather.. then I had to work from 4-11pm
__________________ Edith and my two Princesses Kayah and Evie Proud Member of "The Pink Club" |
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