1/28/2024 0 Comments Imposition of ashes for greif![]() ![]() We do it because we believe in a Creator who makes beauty out of these same ashes. We do it because we have faith in the Love that loves to love us. We do it because we believe that our savior, our redeemer, our redemption is coming. ![]() We identify as people of the ash-traced cross on our foreheads. The ashes turn from cursed char to white-than-snow redemption. The ashes transform from death to eternally resurrected life. The ashes turn back into palm branches which we wave to welcome our coming Messiah. Not in an arbitrary way, but in the shape of a cross.Īnd this is where the magic, the mystery, the mercy happens.īecause in 40 days, the ashes come back to life. ![]() Yesterday I wrote about where the ashes from Ash Wednesday come from: they're the burned remains of the palm branches used on Palm Sunday the year before.Īshes are the product of destruction and death and demise.Įvery year we have Ash Wednesday, and perform what's called the "Imposition of Ashes."Īnd we bow our heads and allow someone to place the ashes on our bodies. ![]()
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