03/03/2014
We open Lent rank of ash that drive us towards the truth eternal that never go away , and about God, who is the beginning and the end, and the reason for our existence. Valrmad free people of life , does not help a thing , but symbolizes the meager rights and the absence of value away from God .
The tradition of throwing ashes on the head or on the forehead in a cross, it is a sign of grief and repentance and humility , and usually have used in many ancient religions before Judaism and Christianity. As with Christianity , the two ash is the day of the start of the holy fasting great and the beginning of the official march toward Easter . On this day, put the ashes on the foreheads of the faithful sign of repentance and acknowledgment of sin and a symbol of the fragility of the human copyright .
Ash is made of olive branches that blessed day festival Palm Sunday of the previous year . During the rank of blessing , the priest regains a verse from the Bible paired ash dust : " Hey man you mention the dust and dirt to return " (Genesis 3:19 b) . The heart of the sinner in the Bible , is similar to the ash , and the reward of sin can only be ashes (Ezekiel 28 : 18) .
This is known today in the Eastern traditions with two monk . The reason for this label that the entire village was out to receive one of the monks assigned by the Bishop of the diocese preaching to the faithful and raising them and hear confessions in preparation for the Easter holiday
