Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent, a season that prepares us to remember Christ’s death and celebrate Christ’s resurrection. The Ash Wednesday service reminds us of our own mortality and focuses our attention on the season of Lent. Ash Wednesday occurs 46 days before Easter. Some traditions impose a mixture of ashes and oil in the sign of the cross on the congregation’s forehead, symbolizing sin, salvation, and service. The symbol of the cross points to the redemption of Christ; the oil anoints and reminds us of Christ’s call to leave the life of sin.
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The season of Lent traditionally begins with a service of repentance. Attendees are invited to receive on their foreheads the mark of the cross, made from ashes. We often think of these ashes as a mark of our penitence, but they also mark us as people who live in the way of the cross. What would it mean if we wore ashes on our foreheads every day? When we don’t wear ashes, do the people around us know that we are Christ followers?
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