Ash Wednesday is one of the most popular and important holy days in the liturgical calendar. Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer.
Ash Wednesday takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday.
Ash Wednesday comes from the ancient Jewish tradition of penance and fasting. The practice includes the wearing of ashes on the head. The ashes symbolize the dust from which God made us. As the priest applies the ashes to a person’s forehead, he speaks the words: “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” (From Catholic Online)
I am an Episcopalian and tonight I will go to my parish, St. Peters Episcopal to receive ashes and to begin my personal journey in this Lenten season. I think its important to share experiences like this that makes ones faith story real. For many its giving up something or fasting during this season but some take on new things to bring them closer to Christ and to make the world a better place.
The Episcopal Church has a prayer and scripture readings about today, click here to check it out.
To my brothers and sisters in the faith I walk with you during this time. To everyone may God bless and keep you.
The Tony Burgess Blog 
Bless you and yours too.😊
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I’m a Baptist, but I’m participating in Lent this year for the first time. It’s outside the box for me a little bit, but I feel like getting outside my comfort zone is partly what my Christian faith calls me to do 🙂 God bless you!
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I grew up Baptist and then I was a Methodist and now Episcopalian. My faith journey has been interesting. Find a church that does Ashes and take part in that, it does set the tone for the season.
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The Episcopalian Church used to be called the American Catholic Church. An Episcopalian priest is the only one outside of the Catholic Chuch that can say a Catholic Mass if a Catholic priest is not available.
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Yep, the liturgy is very, very close.
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I am glad you are reminding people that you can take on something new and beneficial.
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It’s what my priest is doing. So I can do that too.
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