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2. Ash Wednesday - Wikipedia

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   On Ash Wednesday 2017, Father Paddy Mooney, the priest of St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in the Irish town of Glenamaddy, set up an Ashes to Go station through which commuters could drive and receive ashes from their car; the parish church also had "drive-through prayers during Lent with people submitting requests into a box left in the ...

3. What Is 'Ash Wednesday' and Why Is It Celebrated? - AOL

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   We'll go over the history of Ash Wednesday in the Christian church, answer whether or not it's just a Catholic observance and if the Bible references this type of day, and fill you in on the date ...

4. What is Ash Wednesday? Why do Christians wear ashes and give ...

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   According to christianity.com, the Bible references this in Genesis 2:7: "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a ...

5. When and what is Ash Wednesday? Why Christians wear ... - AOL

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   The Christian season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday. Here's what you need to know about the significant 6-week period leading up to Easter.

6. Parce Domine - Wikipedia

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   It has been prescribed universally for the Latin Church by the Missale Romanum of Pope Pius V since 1596 as the hymn to be sung during the imposition of the ashes which was to be done before the celebration of the Holy Mass on Ash Wednesday. [7] The 1961 Liber Usualis lists Parce Domine is an antiphon to be sung "at a time of penance." [8]

7. Sacred ashes - Wikipedia

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   In Christianity, on Ash Wednesday, ashes of burnt palm leaves and fronds left over from Palm Sunday, mixed with olive oil, are applied in a cross-form on the forehead of the believer as a reminder of his inevitable physical death, with the intonation: "Dust thou art, and to dust will return" from Genesis 3:19 in the Old Testament.

8. What is Ash Wednesday and why is it important in the ... - AOL

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   Ash Wednesday is a significant day in the Christian calendar, as it denotes the beginning of the Christ observance of Lent, which precedes Easter.. This year, the day falls on Wednesday 14 ...

9. Sacramental - Wikipedia

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   [2] [3] Holy water is a sacramental that the faithful use to recall their baptism; other common sacramentals include blessed candles (given to the faithful on Candlemas), blessed palms (blessed on the beginning of the procession on Palm Sunday), blessed ashes (bestowed on Ash Wednesday), a cross necklace (often taken to be blessed by a pastor ...