This method, rooted in our scriptural tradition, will allow for ashes to be given easily without making physical contact. However, in the time of the pandemic, the imposition of ashes in the usual manner is not possible.ĭue to the current state of the pandemic, this year the Archdiocese of Johannesburg will administer ashes to the faithful by sprinkling the blessed ashes on the top of the head of the recipient rather than tracing a cross on the person’s forehead. The ashes are, for many people, a reminder that Lent is a time for “dying to the old self and rising to the new.” The forty days of Lent are meant to be a special time of spiritual renewal that lead us to the new life of Easter Sunday. Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation and no one is obliged to receive ashes, the symbol of the ashes is very important to many Catholics.
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