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SUMMARY:Saturday 14th February 11.30am Holy Eucharist with Imposition of A
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DESCRIPTION:Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent\, the six weeks of p
 enitence before Easter. We will keep Ash Wednesday at our Saturday service
  a few days before. \n\nIt is celebrated with a special service\, at which
  churchgoers receive ash on their foreheads\, prepared by burning palm cro
 sses from the previous year's Palm Sunday. As the priest places the ashes 
 on each person´s forehead\, s/he says the words\, "Remember that you are 
 dust\, and to dust you shall return." \n\nSo what´s behind this? In prepa
 ration for Easter\, Lent is a time to be honest with ourselves and with ou
 r God. So on Ash Wednesday we think about where we have failed\, where we 
 have been hypocritical - saying one thing and doing another. The ashes are
  there as a kind of public statement\, that those who receive them are pre
 pared to make a commitment to try to live their lives more honestly and tr
 uthfully. \n\nAnd it´s not easy: it is often so much easier to pretend\, 
 to go along with the crowd\, to play act. It is\, after all\, from the lan
 guage of the Greek theatre that the word "hypocrisy" was derived.
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LOCATION:Salinas Anglican Congregation
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/8488/service-and-events/events/1
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