21. "On the Wednesday before the first Sunday of Lent, the faithful receive the ashes, thus entering into the time established for the purification of their souls. This sign of penance, a traditionally biblical one, has been preserved among the Church's customs until the present day. It signifies the human condition of the sinner, who seeks to express his guilt before the Lord in an exterior manner, and by so doing express his interior conversion, led on by the confident hope that the Lord will be merciful. This same sign marks the beginning of the way of conversion, which is developed through the celebration of the Sacrament of Penance during the days before Easter". (22)
22. Ash Wednesday is to he observed as a day of penance in the whole Church, one of both abstinence and fasting. (24)
Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel
Remember, you are dust, and to dust you will return
Remember, you are dust, and to dust you will return
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