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Today is Ash Wednesday the beginning of Lent. What is Ash Wednesday and what’s on their foreheads? Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. Ash Wednesday church services are normally designed to help us focus on the realities of our own mortality, our sinful human state, and our need for Jesus for forgiveness and eternal life. In the Catholic Church (as well as some others) the ashes are made from burning the palm branches that were used in the Palm Sunday services the prior year. The placing of the ashes on the forehead using the thumb is normally done in the sign of the cross. Putting the ashes on the forehead is a reminder that “we came from the dust, and to the dust we will return”. We are God’s creation and we will one day die. The sign of the cross reminds us that eternal life is found only through the cross of Jesus. Many Christians leave the ashes on their foreheads all day as a sign of humility before God. Why do some people have a problem with Lent? There’s actually a pretty good reason. It is very possible that the purpose of Lent can be dangerously confused. If we fall into the trap of thinking that it is the good or religious things that we do that make us “ok” with God, then we seriously miss the point. There is nothing we can do to earn God’s mercy or love. In other words, no matter how hard we try to be “good” people, that effort falls very short. It is Jesus’ death and resurrection that make a relationship with God possible. You could observe 1,000 Lents and it won’t ever accomplish in your life what the cross of Jesus has. The Church Reformation of the 1600’s led by Martin Luther was all about this topic. This was the big moment in history when we ended up with the Catholic / Protestant church split. The purpose of Lent is not ritual, good works, and earning favor with God. The purpose of Lent is to focus on why the death and resurrection of Jesus is so important. The observation of Lent is a choice, not an obligation. thelentexperience/blog/lent-faq/

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