19 And the Lord answered and said to his people: Behold I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and you shall be filled with them: and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.” Why should they say among the nations: Where is their God? 18 The Lord hath been zealous for his land, and hath spared his people. 17 Between the porch and the altar the priests the Lord's ministers shall weep, and shall say: Spare, O Lord, spare thy people: and give not thy inheritance to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them. 14 Who knoweth but he will return, and forgive, and leave a blessing behind him, sacrifice and libation to the Lord your God? 15 Blow the trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, 16 Gather together the people, sanctify the church, assemble the ancients, gather together the little ones, and them that suck at the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth from his bed, and the bride out of her bride chamber. 13 And rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil. “Now therefore saith the Lord: Be converted to me with all your heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning. Lent is a time of very moving and indeed hauntingly beautiful liturgy and chant.Īsh Wednesday begins with the reading from Joel the Prophet, Chapter 2: It is a fitting theme for the penitential season of Lent - or Great Lent as the Greeks call it. In the distance can be seen the 3 crosses upon Calvary mount. This painting shows the return of the Blessed Virgin after the Crucifixion on Calvary. We should wear this sign of penance as a memento mori (remembrance of death) and as a sign of witness against the concupiscence of the world. The head, being the seat of pride, is then imposed with ashes in the form of a cross as the priest utters the words reminding us of our mortality. The imposition of ashes signifies sorrow for sin, contrition, spiritual aid and the receiving of grace thereby. On Ash Wednesday, the ashes are made by the burning of the palms from the previous year's Easter. Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, shut not up thy merciful eyes to our prayers: but spare us Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful saviour, thou most worthy judge eternal, suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death to fall from thee." Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death. In the midst of life we be in death: of whom may we seek for succour but of thee, O Lord, which for our sins justly art displeased. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower he flieth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
REMEMBER FROM DUST YOU CAME FULL
"MAN THAT IS BORN OF WOMAN hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. They have since thereby become famous, used in many a film setting. "for dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return"įrom the Roman Office of the Dead, the Anglican divines took the words of Job and used them for the Anglican burial service. The words said by the priest come from Genesis 3:19 when Adam and Eve were made subject to the corruption of death and dying with the words of God ringing in their ears:
We are reminded of our mortality and that we shall return unto the dust from which man was originally made. This is our recollection behind the imposition of ashes on the forehead on Ash Wednesday. Lent signifies the 40 days that our Lord spent in the desert fasting and doing penance for us and giving us an example of the way in which we can discipline ourselves to withstand the temptations of the world, grow in grace and virtue and become more truly ourselves, rather than our appetites. In a sense, there is both joy and sadness in Lent - sadness at death but joy at life, the life to come. So may we well begin this Holy Season of Lent which so much reminds us of the transience of this life and, in contrast, the joys of heaven to come. "What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh." Remember, man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return
Meménto, homo, quia pulvis es, et in púlverem revertéris
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