yes. the ash only symbolizes your repentance.
Ash Wednesday. yes, Ash Wednesday, ashes are put on your forehead ion the sign of the cross
A cross of ashes, received at Mass.
A cross painted with ashes is a symbol commonly associated with Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent in the Christian calendar. It represents repentance, humility, and the start of a period of fasting and reflection leading up to Easter. The ashes used are typically made from palm branches blessed on the previous year's Palm Sunday.
It means the wearer has a very hard time getting jobs.
it symbolizes that you are a catholic and are ready to stop having something or give to give the less fortunate somehting.
Ash Wednesday signals the start of Lent for Catholics. Lent is time of reflection and repentance so ash on the forehead symbolizes sin and repentance to God.
Ashes are placed on the forehead in the sign of a cross on Ash Wednesday - it is the first day of Lent. The one who delivers the ashes tells the receiver: "Turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel".
.Catholic AnswerCross on the forehead usually means blessing or claiming someone for Christ. The priest makes a cross on the forehead of an infant coming into the Church for baptism, people make a cross on their forehead before hearing the Gospel read. Parents bless their children by making a cross on their forehead.
Manson has a swastika tattooed on his forehead.Another view:I saw a documentary about the family and Manson did have a cross on his forehead but I could not tell if it was a tattoo or just a drawing. Later in the documentary he had the swastika tattooed on his forehead and there were no cross seen so maybe he made the cross with a pen for his trials.
a bruise on their forehead
By putting the sign of the cross on your forehead with the ashes of the palms from palm Sunday Perhaps the above is a rite in the Catholic church, but other Christian denominations such as Lutherans commemorate Ash Wednesday with a service of repentance, as this is the lead-in into Lent. There are no special rituals involved: just confession. Many Protestant churches do not observe Ash Wednesday at all.
It means you are naked and wearing a cross. What happens when you go to take a shower and you leave your cross on? Same thing, you have the cross on and you are taking a shower and you are naked.