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goldent

(1,582 posts) Sun Mar 2, 2014, 09:22 PM Mar 2014

Christians: Remember that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return.

Ash Wednesday coming up this week.

Many people associate this with Catholics, although I believe some Protestant churches observe it also.

That proclamation by the priest always sounds a little spooky.

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Christians: Remember that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return. (Original Post) goldent Mar 2014 OP

The Episcopal Church does. hrmjustin Mar 2014 #1

A story that I have told before, but it's worth mentioning again. Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2014 #2

hrmjustin

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1. The Episcopal Church does.

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Sun Mar 2, 2014, 09:26 PM

Mar 2014

Fortinbras Armstrong

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2. A story that I have told before, but it's worth mentioning again.

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Mon Mar 3, 2014, 07:58 AM

Mar 2014

I had a close friend who was a Conservative Jew. One year, he asked my why I had ashes smeared on my forehead, and I said that it was to mark Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. He said, "Well, happy Ash Wednesday."

For years we had a running joke, in which I would wish him a happy Yom Kippur and a happy Tisha B'Av; and he would wish me a happy Ash Wednesday and a happy Good Friday.

Unfortunately, he died last year, and it was not a happy day.

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