“We are dust, from dust we were created, and to dust we shall return,” Pope Francis wrote in his Ash Wednesday homily, read by Cardinal Angelo De Donatis at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in ...

Ash Wednesday is March 5 ... "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” He also may say “Repent and believe in the Gospel.” A worshiper is not required to wear the ...

“Oh, yeah,” I thought. “Ash Wednesday.” I hadn’t forgotten. I had celebrated Mardi Gras the day before by reposting memes ...

On Ash Wednesday, we, humans, remember that we are dust and to dust we will return. As said by clergy at many graveside services, “ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” On Ash Wednesday, we remember ...

In 2024, Ash Wednesday arrived early in the season, falling on Feb. 14, which is also Valentine's Day. This year, in 2025, ...

Ash Wednesday is today ... During the ceremony of receiving ashes, the minister says "From dust you came, and to dust you will return," reminding believers of their mortality and need for ...

Ash Wednesday begins Lent ... “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” It is a day of fasting and abstinence, with many believers limiting meals and refraining from eating ...

Ash Wednesday is one of the most solemn of Christian ... “The story from the book of Genesis tells us that Adam — the word means dust or dirt — Adam was born of the dust.