For dust you are and to dust
you will return.
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Perhaps the
most sobering words ever spoken to the human race are the words spoken by God to Adam and Eve after they ate the forbidden fruit: dust you are and to dust you shall return. Traditionally, these words
are spoken during the imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of a
forty-day journey from Lent to Easter.
Genesis
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Perhaps the
most sobering words ever spoken to the human race are the words spoken by God to Adam and Eve after they ate the forbidden fruit: dust you are and to dust you shall return. Traditionally, these words
are spoken during the imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of a
forty-day journey from Lent to Easter.
A young man who had been to an Ash Wednesday service went to the
grocery store. While standing in line at the checkout counter, a little girl pointed
her finger at him and said, “Mister, you’ve got dirt on your face.”
That’s what Ash Wednesday is all about. We acknowledge before
God and one another that we have “dirt on our faces”. We acknowledge our
mortality – dust to dust, ashes to ashes. We acknowledge our frailty and need
for cleansing. All of this is done with faith, hope, and love in our hearts as
we look forward to a joyous Easter and the resurrection to everlasting life.
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The beginning of a forty-day journey from Lent to Easter. |
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