Comments on: What Is The Meaning of Ash Wednesday, You Catholics? http://christwire.org/2009/02/what-is-the-meaning-of-ash-wednesday-you-catholics/ Conservative Values for an Unsaved World Tue, 22 May 2012 17:40:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Edge http://christwire.org/2009/02/what-is-the-meaning-of-ash-wednesday-you-catholics/#comment-3855 Edge Sun, 10 May 2009 09:19:31 +0000 http://christwire.org/?p=1370#comment-3855 Ash Wednesday is a symbolic day during which Catholics start a period of preparation for Easter, aka "The Day Jesus Christ Resurrected From Death". The "Ash" you talk about is the remains of olive branches that where previously blessed and then burnt. It symbolize penitence and the "chants" you mentioned are pleads for forgiveness and they are not sung in Latin. After the Second Concilium Catholics have abandoned Latin in favour of the original language of th country, like, Italian, English or German, wherever you are. During the Holy Mass, between the lecture on the Godspell and the ritual of bread and wine (don't know the name in English, in Italian is "consacrazione") people quietly line up in front of the altar for the ritual of the Ash, which consists in the priest dropping an insignificant amount of blessed ash on you head, as a ritual of purification before Lent starts. The Giving Up thing is another method of asking forgiveness. Young children are thought to give up things like chocolate or other things that they like. (I used to drop all kind of pastries and Playstation too. Yeah I was raised Catholic) Adults usually drop vices like smoke, alchol, or even pre-marital sex. It may sound stupid doing it for 40 days only, but since for Catholics Easter has a deeper meaning than for others, even the smallest thing is appreciated. There's the "holy week" too, starting one week before actual Easter. A week with special masses with special ritual such as the Via Crucis (road of the cross), a special ritual durin which people gather to prey following an ideal path of Jesus to the crucifixion. it's the last mass ritual before the blessing of the light, done during the night between saturday and sunday. the fire that is blessed during this night will never been estinguished during the year, and it's essential for baptisims and other rituals like Confirmations and the blessing of the dying. Hope I have been clear
Ash Wednesday is a symbolic day during which Catholics start a period of preparation for Easter, aka “The Day Jesus Christ Resurrected From Death”.
The “Ash” you talk about is the remains of olive branches that where previously blessed and then burnt. It symbolize penitence and the “chants” you mentioned are pleads for forgiveness and they are not sung in Latin. After the Second Concilium Catholics have abandoned Latin in favour of the original language of th country, like, Italian, English or German, wherever you are. During the Holy Mass, between the lecture on the Godspell and the ritual of bread and wine (don’t know the name in English, in Italian is “consacrazione”) people quietly line up in front of the altar for the ritual of the Ash, which consists in the priest dropping an insignificant amount of blessed ash on you head, as a ritual of purification before Lent starts. The Giving Up thing is another method of asking forgiveness. Young children are thought to give up things like chocolate or other things that they like. (I used to drop all kind of pastries and Playstation too. Yeah I was raised Catholic) Adults usually drop vices like smoke, alchol, or even pre-marital sex. It may sound stupid doing it for 40 days only, but since for Catholics Easter has a deeper meaning than for others, even the smallest thing is appreciated. There’s the “holy week” too, starting one week before actual Easter. A week with special masses with special ritual such as the Via Crucis (road of the cross), a special ritual durin which people gather to prey following an ideal path of Jesus to the crucifixion. it’s the last mass ritual before the blessing of the light, done during the night between saturday and sunday. the fire that is blessed during this night will never been estinguished during the year, and it’s essential for baptisims and other rituals like Confirmations and the blessing of the dying.
Hope I have been clear

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]]> By: Anonymous http://christwire.org/2009/02/what-is-the-meaning-of-ash-wednesday-you-catholics/#comment-3854 Anonymous Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:24:13 +0000 http://christwire.org/?p=1370#comment-3854 It's satire, o'course. This whole website is. And, of course, this will be said to be blasphemy on here, I know. LOLNUBS LOLNUBS LOLNUBS LOLNUBS
It’s satire, o’course. This whole website is. And, of course, this will be said to be blasphemy on here, I know. LOLNUBS LOLNUBS LOLNUBS LOLNUBS

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]]> By: Crazy_Bean http://christwire.org/2009/02/what-is-the-meaning-of-ash-wednesday-you-catholics/#comment-3853 Crazy_Bean Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:19:19 +0000 http://christwire.org/?p=1370#comment-3853 Idiots, this site is filled with idiots. Have you read the NEW testament? god DROPPED the fire and brimestone a long time ago dumbass, time to get out of the cave and stop fuckin your sister.
Idiots, this site is filled with idiots. Have you read the NEW testament? god DROPPED the fire and brimestone a long time ago dumbass, time to get out of the cave and stop fuckin your sister.

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]]> By: CaelestisFilius http://christwire.org/2009/02/what-is-the-meaning-of-ash-wednesday-you-catholics/#comment-3852 CaelestisFilius Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:51:50 +0000 http://christwire.org/?p=1370#comment-3852 ...too bad most Christian traditions are based on Pagan traditions that came beforehand....
…too bad most Christian traditions are based on Pagan traditions that came beforehand….

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]]> By: hahah http://christwire.org/2009/02/what-is-the-meaning-of-ash-wednesday-you-catholics/#comment-3851 hahah Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:59:52 +0000 http://christwire.org/?p=1370#comment-3851 your country eh. what if i do like what you say??? I think i should be entitled to stay in the native american's untainted by christain culture's country thank you very much. =p mysticsm shouldn't be an uncomfortable thing.
your country eh.

what if i do like what you say??? I think i should be entitled to stay in the native american’s untainted by christain culture’s country thank you very much. =p

mysticsm shouldn’t be an uncomfortable thing.

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]]> By: Gregory http://christwire.org/2009/02/what-is-the-meaning-of-ash-wednesday-you-catholics/#comment-3850 Gregory Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:10:31 +0000 http://christwire.org/?p=1370#comment-3850 I'm sorry, I stopped reading when I reached "my Catholic friends". *gasp* I didn't think you would hang around such neanderthals. Tsk, tsk. P.S. On a side note, in your "About The Author", the phrase is "smart alec", named after a famous pimp and thief (not sure if your kind wants to be promoting such language based on a filthy background), and it's spelled "Twitter". And if you want us to follow you, post a link dumb ass. Oh, you guys crack me up.
I’m sorry, I stopped reading when I reached “my Catholic friends”.

*gasp*

I didn’t think you would hang around such neanderthals. Tsk, tsk.

P.S. On a side note, in your “About The Author”, the phrase is “smart alec”, named after a famous pimp and thief (not sure if your kind wants to be promoting such language based on a filthy background), and it’s spelled “Twitter”. And if you want us to follow you, post a link dumb ass.

Oh, you guys crack me up.

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]]> By: Steven Lucious http://christwire.org/2009/02/what-is-the-meaning-of-ash-wednesday-you-catholics/#comment-3849 Steven Lucious Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:22:50 +0000 http://christwire.org/?p=1370#comment-3849 I cannot stand to ash on this day!!! My holiness and clean nature of imperfection realises just how important I am sinning! 'I may be unclean, but even Jesus ate the plinth of Sacrement!' Cor. 1:8. I know I am unclean, but ash! My soul is saddened by this outward symbol of my badness. Must even Mohmed, the newspaperman outside my apartment, know!
I cannot stand to ash on this day!!! My holiness and clean nature of imperfection realises just how important I am sinning! ‘I may be unclean, but even Jesus ate the plinth of Sacrement!’ Cor. 1:8. I know I am unclean, but ash! My soul is saddened by this outward symbol of my badness. Must even Mohmed, the newspaperman outside my apartment, know!

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