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It reflects the 'Imago Dei,' the Image of God, present within every human person.Īs the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council wrote in their wonderful document on the Mission of the Church in the Modern World, 'Authentic freedom is an outstanding manifestation of the divine image within man.' (Gaudium et Spes, 'Joy and Hope,' 17). The capacity to make choices is what makes us human persons. Thus we are in a certain way our own parents, creating ourselves as we will, by our decisions.'įreedom has consequences - and our choices not only affect the world around us, they change us - making us become the persons we become.

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'Now, human life is always subject to change: it needs to be born ever anew.but here birth does not come about by a foreign intervention, as is the case with bodily beings, it is the result of a free choice. She teaches that what is chosen not only affects the world - but changes the 'chooser.' These words from Saint Gregory of Nyssa, quoted in the Catechism as well as in Blessed John Paul II's Encyclical Letter, 'The Splendor of Truth', give some insights concerning our choices: To an age enamored with false concepts of 'choice' the Catholic Church rightly insists that some 'choices' are always and everywhere wrong. It is up to us to accept it and open its potential through our response, our free choice, to participate in its potential. This simple but solemn Ash Wednesday service is an invitation every year to those who have eyes to comprehend its opportunity. Being marked with those ashes begins our Lenen observances and disciplines.They continue for forty days until the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday.ĭuring these forty days the Lord Jesus Christ invites us to walk with Him on the Way of the Cross. They serve as a sign of our committment to repentance and conversion. 'Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel' or 'Remember you are dust and to dust you will return'. The Ordo offers two exhortations to be said by the Priest or the Deacon as the Ashes, the burnt Palms from the prior years Passion/Palm Sunday, are rubbed into the penitent's forehead. We are joined to millions in every Nation on the earth. Together we begin the 40 day journey of repentance and conversion known as Lent. P>CHESAPEAKE (Catholic Online) - On this Ash Wednesday I will again stand alongside of the Priest, to administer the ashes to the faithful who come forward.

Keywords: Ash Wednesday, lent, penance, repentance, forgiveness, fasting, spiritual warfare, penance, Deacon Keith Fournier

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