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SUMMARY:Ash Wednesday Service @St. John's
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DESCRIPTION:A 12.30 service this year at Newsholme. Traditional service ma
 rking the beginning of Lent\, the 40-day period in the lead up to Easter. 
 In services today\, priests mark people’s foreheads with ashes – a sym
 bol of humility and a reminder of human mortality. Priests will say the wo
 rds “Remember that you are dust\, and to dust you shall return”\, orig
 inating from Genesis 3:19 when God tells Adam that his life\, like all hum
 an life\, is temporary\, but turning back towards God offers something ete
 rnal. Lent is a chance to slow down and be more intentional about giving y
 our time and priorities to God\, whether through prayer\, acts of kindness
 \, or giving something up.\nAsh Wednesday itself started in the early Chur
 ch\, around 1st to 4th century as a form of public repentance\, through sp
 rinkling of ashes.
LOCATION:St. John's Church
URL:https://bradfordcathedral.org.uk/whats-on/lent/
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