'Take cold ashes from the fire grate': Varying approaches to Ash Wednesday in dioceses and parishes around Ireland
Some dioceses are handing out little packets of ashes that can be used at home.
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Some dioceses are handing out little packets of ashes that can be used at home.
“It is the time to give up useless words, chatter, rumours, gossip, and talk and to speak directly to the Lord,” the pontiff said.
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People will be able to drive in one church gate, get their ashes, and exit out another gate at Glenamady Church.
And a Lenten box will be available too.
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For thine is the kingdom, the power and the selfie.
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the selfie.
The smugness! The Trócaire Box! The cravings!
They just couldn’t make it through those 40 days and 40 nights.
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In his Ash Wednesday address, the pontiff asked for Catholics to “keep praying” for him.
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