The Wednesday after Quinquagesima Sunday, which is the first day of the Lenten fast.
The name dies cinerum (day of ashes) which it bears in the Roman Missal is found in the earliest existing copies of the Gregorian Sacramentary and probably dates from at least the eighth century. (from http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01775b.htm)
Don’t ask me why, but for some reason I did a search for
“Ash Wednesday Services” on my web browser. I already knew where I was going to
Mass so why I did it, WHO KNOWS?
Anyway, it was funny (or not), that most of the churches
listed first were: Lutheran, Episcopalian, Presbyterian and even one Baptist
church.
EVERYTHING except for Catholic Churches......
Now, how can all these other churches be having Ash
Wednesday Services when the distribution of ashes started in the Catholic
Church around the 8th century?
Their churches weren’t even around till the 1500’s…….
If they truly know that all these rituals came from Catholic
tradition, and they bash the Catholic Church for being “ritualistic”, doesn’t
that make them hypocrites?
Why would you go to a wannabe church that has the
distribution of ashes; that has “communion”; that has “confession” but they do
not have the Apostolic succession with the authority to carry out these
“rituals” given to them by the Lord God Himself?
If the Catholic Church has always had these “rituals” and
your church hasn’t, don’t you think you should investigate more fully why you
are not going to the ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH?
If your church is making false accusations about the
Catholic Church, why would you want to be a part of that hypocrisy?
There is no perfect church because there are no perfect
people, but there is only one Church founded by Jesus himself.
That is the Catholic Church.
Happy Lent!
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