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A new way of life: Ash Wednesday starts the Lenten season
(Erica Bouska – MediaNews Group) The ash comes from the dried and burned palm leaves from Palm Sunday — the Sunday preceding Easter — of the previous year. Phyong said Ash Wednesday is a ...
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The meaning of the cross of ashes on Ash Wednesday
Many choose to keep it on all day. The ash itself is made from the burned palm leaves used during the previous year’s Palm Sunday services, which commemorate Jesus's arrival to Jerusalem a ...