“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 ...

On Ash Wednesday, many Christians observe the tradition of placing ashes in a cross on the forehead, which may be accompanied by the words “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return” or ...

'Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God ...

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

and to dust you shall return.” The ashes signify repentance for one's sins and a renewed commitment to God. For many Christians, Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting, as well as abstaining from ...

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.

Consuelo Parez, 85, of Merced has ash placed on her forehead in the shape ... “Remember, man is dust, and unto dust you shall return,” as a reminder that God created man from the earth.