tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355939382949051714.post6516279138678012357..comments2024-03-27T10:44:58.358+00:00Comments on Trundling through life: Ash WednesdayFrugally challengedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222391810215537820noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355939382949051714.post-40453469109842639622015-02-23T00:26:09.086+00:002015-02-23T00:26:09.086+00:00I remember a lot of the Easter things that we did ...I remember a lot of the Easter things that we did as children from filling the little Lenten cards with dimes and giving up chocolate or soda or something of that nature. However, one of our pastors, when I was a teenager, encouraged us to "give" rather than "give up". Do some good and if we had to sacrifice to do it, more the better. This year I am taking it in a different direction. I am good about going to church and I am a firm believer in prayer and do it willingly and readily but my weakness is getting into the Word so my plan this Lent is self-discipline -- to get into the Word. Is it a sacrifice? No, of course not. Will it do anybody any good? No, just me. But I feel strongly it is something I need to do and what better time than Lent to discipline myself into the habit.Boyett-Brinkleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02066753762645278933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355939382949051714.post-55571568196656288892015-02-22T21:57:55.869+00:002015-02-22T21:57:55.869+00:00Thank-youThank-yourivulethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352395562904461909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355939382949051714.post-74520567063594495162015-02-22T21:19:35.913+00:002015-02-22T21:19:35.913+00:00There isn't a proper time to wash it off. Whe...There isn't a proper time to wash it off. When I take the service I suggest to people that they wipe their faces before they leave church on the grounds that fasting (of which ashes are a symbol) is supposed to be a secret between you and the Lord and should not be on show. The priest made no suggestion this year but I noted that most people cleaned their faces after the service had finished. By the waythe ceremony is called Ashing and in the Anglican tradition at least takes place as part of a communion serviceFrugally challengedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222391810215537820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355939382949051714.post-25395852142139769312015-02-22T20:40:38.573+00:002015-02-22T20:40:38.573+00:00I do observe fasting though, at different times fo...I do observe fasting though, at different times for different reasons, but always to draw nearer to God.rivulethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352395562904461909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355939382949051714.post-66368321064620489572015-02-22T20:39:58.367+00:002015-02-22T20:39:58.367+00:00I'm not sure this is the proper place to ask i...I'm not sure this is the proper place to ask it... I've never attended and Ash Wednesday service, or whatever it's properly called. Although there was a drive by Ash Wednesday thing in town this year (that seemed very weird). Okay, are you not supposed to wash the ash from your face until later in the day? I only ask because as I work in a supermarket I see lots of people come in on Ash Wednesday with Ash on their faces and the first year I even noticed it I didn't know what it was but as time has gone by and I've discovered what it was I keep wondering if they have to leave the ashes on for a designated period of time? Is this the case?rivulethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352395562904461909noreply@blogger.com