Catholics are one.
Ashes are placed on the forehead in the sign of the cross to remind us that our body will return to hence from which it came. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. Also the beginning of Lent in which we will sacrifice or give up something that is materialistic in form that we have enjoyed. Showing us that materialist things don't last & we can be without. But mainly to give up of oneself, as the Lord did, and think more so of others before ourselves. Feed and help the poor,elderly and the lot less fortunate. They say, if you can stick with anything for six weeks, it may become part of you.
A priest, deacon or Eucharistic minister may apply ashes on Ash Wednesday
To remind us ashes to ashes we are nothing better than dirt
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yes. every catholic - pope included - wear ashes on Ash Wednesday. they are obliged to.
Ash Wednesday. yes, Ash Wednesday, ashes are put on your forehead ion the sign of the cross
Ashes.
The ashes represent God creating us from dust/ashes and after us dying, us returning to dust/ashes.
Burnt Palm Leaves
During the imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday, the priest typically says, "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
During the imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday, priests typically say "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return" as they mark a cross on the foreheads of worshippers with ashes.
I think that the "Profession of Faith" (Creed) is replaced on Ash Wednesday by the imposition of ashes. I'm thinking that the receiving of ashes is the equivalent of professing one's faith.
Nothing, it's the ashes of last years burnt palms from Palm Sunday.