Wed, Feb 22
|St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church
Ash Wednesday 2023
Day of Fast and Abstinence Mass with Distribution of Ashes | 8:00am • 5:00pm Prayer Service with Distribution of Ashes | 12:000noon • 7:00pm
Time & Location
Feb 22, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, 551 N Rush St, Itasca, IL 60143, USA
About the Event
Ashes will be imposed on the forehead this year.
Ashes, as a Jewish sign of penitence, were accepted by Christians. They are derived from burning palms from the previous year.
This outward symbol of private or public sorrow, sadness, or penance, is a proof of humility, a remembrance of our mortality, that we are made of dust and will return to dust. The custom of imposing ashes, is a symbolic act signifying human mortality and total human dependence on the graciousness and mercy of God.
From the Congregation of Divine Worship (1988):
“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…