- First day of lent.-2nd paragraph and for info below.
- In the old testament it was a biblical custom that ashes were a sign of humility and mortality and as a sign of sorrow and repentance for sin.
- Originated during the papacy of Gregory the Great around end of 6th century.
- ashes on the one receiving penance motivated christians to pray for Jesus Christ and to feel sympathy for him.
- Involves the sign of the cross placed on forehead in ashes.
- the mark of the cross imitates the sign put on a newborn christian in baptism.
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