![]() ![]() He added that Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion may also be requested to visit the sick and the elderly for the imposition of ashes.Ĭatholics will mark on March 2 the start of the Lenten season with Ash Wednesday. "Blessed ashes may be requested from our parishes for this purpose or the provision for the burning of palms/leaves at home may be used," said Arada. It derives its meaning from the proclamation of the Word and prayers," Arada said.įor those who will find it difficult or impossible to go to church for the celebration, he said, they may use the Family Celebration of Ash Wednesday at Home prepared by the Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission. ![]() "The imposition of ashes is always done in the context of a liturgical celebration. He encouraged the faithful to participate in the community celebration of Ash Wednesday. Carmelo Arada, the vice chancellor of the archdiocese, said. "We receive the ashes because the call to repentance is addressed to us by Christ through the Church and it is also through the ministry of the Church that we are reconciled with God and each other," Fr. Other potent images connect ashes with mourning, as when the grief-stricken put on a rough kind of cloth known as sackcloth and covered themselves. Thus ashes stand for death and destruction in some biblical imagery. Photo Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission-Manila FB Luckily, the ashes while perhaps the most visible part of Ash Wednesday observances aren’t the most important, said Burton Edwards, one of the group’s co-conveners. The imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday is practiced in Roman Catholic churches as well as some.
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