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What do catholic preists say when you receive the ashes on your forehead?
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∙ 13y ago
He says, "Remember, man, that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return."
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe priest can either say
"Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel"
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"Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return."
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∙ 14y agoThe Priest will say something like: Repent your sins and you can be forgiven.
You normally say nothing in reply, or Amen if you feel the need to say something.
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∙ 13y agoRemember you are dust and into dust you shall return.
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∙ 12y agoamen.
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Can you receive ashes if you have not made your First Holy Communion?
Roman Catholic AnswerCertainly, ashes are a sacramental, anyone can receive them. I mark people on the forehead with ashes who are protestant, who are babies in their mother's arms, anyone.
Do you have to be a Catholic to receive ashes?
Roman Catholic AnswerThere should be no problem, I am an Extraordinary Minister, and I impose ashes on non-Catholics all the time. Ashes are a sacramental, not a sacrament. Which means that it is "like a sacrament, but not a sacrament". In other words, you don't need to be Catholic to repent of your sins!
Cathliocs ash forehead?
A Catholic preist puts his thumb in ashes and then draws a cross on your forhead.
What would happen to a Roman Catholic during a service on the first day of Lent?
Ashes would be placed on the forehead.
Why do you receive ashes on the first day of lent?
According to the Catholic Church, you receive ashes on the first day of lent to remind you that from dust you came, and to dust you shall return.
Are you supposed to wipe your ashes off your forehead?
No you have to let the ashes wear off.
How is ash different from household dust?
Roman Catholic AnswerIf you are referring to the ashes imposed on your forehead on Ash Wednesday. They are the blessed ashes taken from the burning of the blessed palm branches used the previous Palm Sunday.
What does a cross painted with ashes mean?
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.
Ashes on forehead or head?
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".
What are ashes a symbol of?
Ashes symbolizes that we have come from dust and to dust we shall return. The Ashes are applied on the forehead of a person on Ash Wednesday.
What do you call putting ashes on the forehead for Ash Wednesday?
It cannot be put into one word but is generally known as the "Imposition of Ashes"
What traditionally happened on ash Wednesday?
As a Catholic you receive a cross of burnt ashes to remind you that the Lord Jesus died for our sins on the cross. Other religions may as well have a tradition, but this is the tradition of the Roman Catholic Faith.
