Ash Wednesday

The ashes urn is not exactly kept in mcg but at the mcc cricket museum at lords.... along with the score card of the match in 1882

No, because Ash Wednesday as we now know it did not exist then.

Of course, Ashes are a sacramental used to remind the faithful of death and the necessity of penance and contrition. The use of ashes, expressing humiliation and sorrow, was common in ancient religions and is frequently mentioned in the Old Testament. The Church has used them for centuries for public penitents, and for Ash Wednesday and Lent in particular. The use on Ash Wednesday is about the only use that most people in the modern world know of.

To remind us ashes to ashes we are nothing better than dirt

Catholics age 14 and up must refrain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent.

The ashes represent God creating us from dust/ashes and after us dying, us returning to dust/ashes.

Ash Wednesday is always 47 calendar days before Easter Sunday. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first Full Moon after the Vernal Equinox (March 21).

Lets use 2011 as an example. The first full moon after the vernal equinox is Monday April 18th. Easter Sunday is the next Sunday after that (Sunday, April 24th). Now, subtract 47 days: March 9th is Ash Wednesday.

On Ash Wednesday Jesus rode into town on a donkey. He did not ride into town on a horse because he wanted to tell the people that he was not rich he was like them. In other words he came in peace he did not fight with anyone. People laid their clothes, palms and any other material that they had in front of him to ride over.

It is the day after Mardi Gras ( Fat Tuesday ) the date changes. It is the first official day of Lent.

It occurs on a Wednesday.

The first day of Lent and 46 days before Easter. As Easter moves each year, needing to always fall on a Sunday, the date for Ash Wednesday also changes.

in 2011, it will be on March 9th

in 2012, it will be on February 22

No. While Ash Wednesday is an important day to Catholics as the beginning of the season of Lent, it is not a Holy Day of Obligation.

Ash Wednesday is however a special holy day and a day of abstinence and penance.

The last day before the period of Lent, and the first day of it. Certain foods were historically banned during Lent, so the day before (Tuesday) was a day to use up the leftovers before the household was 'shriven'.

Has sunday Up per case?

1. sunday
2. monday
3. tuesday
4. wednessday
5. thursday
6. friday
7. saturday

On ash Wednesday, there are these mantras that you must know. When this holy day of obligation is among you you start to give up what you enjoy doing starting the day to rise from your sleep. If you cannot think of something to give up you just do something friendly or courteous. when this time comes you must head to the mass (meaning go to church) and let the priest ordain you with ash on your forehead in the shape of a cross. Plus you must wait for Easter to come in order to go back to doing what you're addicted to. but on this beginning day of lent you cannot eat meat (exception to fish which is why McDonalds has the fillet-o-fish). On Fridays the only thing you can consume that is meat is cod or any other fish in the deep blue sea. It's tricky but I have done it before. Mark my words You'll get through it. I promise!

[MaggieWood1) I would like to make some corrections based on the above answers: 1) Ash Wednesday is "not" a Holy Day of Obligation. It is only a "recommended" day to start out the Lent season by receiving Holy ashes upon he forehead. 2) Lent does not end on Easter Sunda. Catholic Lentent period concludes"after" the Holy Thursday mass. 3) There are absolutely no rules regarding "what kind" of fish you are to consume during abstinence days during Lent. The recommendation is to eat fish, as it is not considered a mammal based meat. 4) You are not obligated to "give up" nor do anything during Lent. It is just, again, a recommendeation that you ponder the sacrafices of Christ and try harder during this 40 day period to be more Christ-like. Over the years, many Catholics and non-Catholics have mis-interpreted the recommedations for Lent. The Catholic Church publishes "no" rules for Lent...only recommendations.

It is the beginning of lent. Ashes from blessed palms are mixed with Holy water and a cross is marked on the persons forehead. "Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust" this is where the body came from and this is where it will return. The Soul (essence of a person) leaves the body and becomes united with God through our death to this world.

Apart from a small group of Anglicans that represent the Catholic wing of the Anglican denomination - usually called 'AngloCatholics' - Anglicans do not celebrate the 'mass', but instead call the same service Holy Communion, The Lord's Supper or the Eucharist, depending upon the individual local church's tradition. Also, apart from the group named above, most Anglicans reject the doctrine of transubstantiation, as it is in conflict with scripture, and is warned against in the 39 Articles of Faith of the Anglican Church as leading to superstition surrounding the consecrated bread and wine. Anglicans, then, mostly regard the Communion as a memorial of Jesus' death and resurrection, regard the bread and wine as symbols of his body and blood, and reject the Catholic doctrine of resacrifice and the real bodily presence of Christ at the service in favour of his spiritual presence. That all said, most Anglicans celebrate Holy Communion weekly or, at least, have the opportunity of celebrating weekly, although in some churches there are mid-week services of Holy Communion as well.

1. Many eucalyptus trees were destroyed during the fires.

2. In Victoria that worst affected areas were the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne, the Macedon area northwest of Melbourne and the Mt Lofty Ranges east of Adelaide.

3. Victoria and south-eastern South Australia were affected by the fires

4. The estimated cost of damage was around $324 million dollars.

This year it starts on March 9 at midnight of the previous night)

Ash Wednesday falls 46 days before Easter. It actually works out to 40 days if one does not count the Sundays. The season in between is known as the season of Lent.

Ash Wednesday 1952 was on Wednesday, February 27.

The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.

The Eucharist is not directly linked to Ash Wednesday. The institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper is celebrated on Holy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter Sunday). Holy Thursday is toward the end of the season of Lent, and Ash Wednesday is the first day of that season.