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Tip#2: If your ashes turn out gray, you can add burnt newspaper to them to make them black.ġ. Tip#1: Storing of Palms: Do NOT STORE in garbage bags because they will mildew. Amen.Īn excerpt from “The Road to Daybreak” by Henri J. I will be able to taste with joy the new life that you have prepared for me. Give me the strength and the courage to live this season faithfully, so that, when Easter comes, Please, Lord, be with me at every moment and in every place. And I know how deeply I resist choosing you. There are not times or places without choices. I have to choose thoughts that are your thoughts, words that are your words, and actions that are your actions. The choice for your way has to be made every moment of my life. I know that Lent is going to be a very hard time for me. Help me to become deaf to these voices and more attentive to your voice, which calls me to choose the narrow road to life. Speak about prestige, success, pleasure, power, and influence. I truly want to follow you, but I also want to follow my own desires and lend an ear to the voices that Your way to Jerusalem, to Golgotha, and to the final victory over death. It is a time to be with you, Lord, in a special way, a time to pray, to fast, and thus to follow you on Amen.Ī Prayer of Centering for the Lenten Season In Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with youĪnd the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. That we may reach with confidence for your mercy You breathed into dust the breath of life,Ĭall forth our prayers and acts of tenderness,

Ash Wednesday emphasizes a dual encounter: we confront our own mortality and confess our sin before God within the community of faith. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent.

Consistency of ashes for imposition