it symbolizes that you are a catholic and are ready to stop having something or give to give the less fortunate somehting.
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".
Ashes on the forehead on Ash Wednesday, a Catholic holy day of fasting and prayer, symbolize repentance and mortality. It signifies the beginning of the Lenten season, a period of reflection and preparation leading up to Easter. The ashes are a reminder of our own mortality and the need for spiritual renewal.
"placed one hand on her forehead with" the other hand with your fingers on the boney part of the chin. Push on the forehead and lift the chin (most of the force on the forehead).
A thermometer can be placed on the forehead because the blood vessels on the forehead are close to the skin's surface and reflect the body's core temperature accurately. Placing it on the arm may not provide as precise a reading as the forehead due to differences in blood flow and proximity to the core.
Type your answer here... Using middle and ring fingers with thumb, on forehead, little above between eyebrows you must apply 'Tilak'. Do not use forefinger and little finger.
Ashes would be placed on the forehead.
The symbol is usually a cross, signifying Christ's death on the cross.
Bindi usually refers to a representative dot drawn on the forehead of a Hindu woman, but in our modern world it is a piercing as well. Also known as a third eye piercing, it is an uncommon, surface piercing placed on one's forehead.
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.
London was chosen against Paris to host the 2012 Olympics on Wednesday 6th July 2005.
Sindoor is a Hindi term. It is basically Red Vermillion placed by the husband on the wife's forehead. This represents their marriage and is considered very important in Indian custom.
Catholics do not 'celebrate' Ash Wednesday, they observe it. Most will assist at Mass and receive ashes on their forehead in remembrance of their own mortality and the need to repent. All over age 14 must abstain from meat on this day and those from 18 until age 60 must also fast.