This world is passing and so, we should put our trust instead in the eternal, in the Lord. Lent calls us to detach ourselves from the things of this world and empty ourselves, so that we might be filled instead with God’s “breath of life” (His eternal Spirit). It is to depend on the Lord Jesus, by the cross (imposed with the ash) of who we are exalted and enter eternal life. Human is made from earth and to be really human is to be humble (down to earth). Both the word human and humility are derived from the Latin word, humus, meaning earth, indicating the relationship between the three. This calls us to humility and utter dependence on God in Whom alone we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28). This simply means that, if and when the breath from God leaves, whatever remains is but dust and goes back to dust.
#From dust you came ash wednesday full#
Many of us are full of ourselves and often wantonly boast, sometimes, asking: “Do you know who I am?” We are reminded of the answer to such a question, in case we have forgotten – simple and straight: “We are but dust.” The remembrance that we are but dust is a reminder of how we are created – merely formed of the dust and only became a living being by the breath from God (Gen. The ashes signify our mortality, inner fragility and poverty, while the cross indicates our salvation in the mercy of God.Īs we begin the Lent, we are, therefore, put in proper perspective of whom we are, so that we set our priorities right. The ashes to be imposed on the foreheads, as the sign of the Cross, speaks to us of both humility and exaltation, of death and new life. The words re-echo God’s declaration to man in Genesis 3:19 – “…For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.” The Lent, which we are starting this week with this sacramental and symbolism, touches us on a fundamental level, by taking us back to the beginning and then forward to redemption. Many people usually flock the churches on Ash Wednesday to have ashes imposed on their foreheads in cruciform with the words that have been used for hundreds of years: “Remember, man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return” – a translation from the medieval Latin Mass (Memento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris).
You are dust and to dust you shall return.Quinquagesima Sunday is the Sunday, which ushers in Lent, which starts on the Wednesday of the week, commonly called the Ash Wednesday. Years from now you will die and return to the ground. You will no longer eat the fruit from the Tree of Life,” God told Adam. They tried to hide from him, but God found them.
They were immediately ashamed of disobeying God. She gave some to her husband, Adam, who ate it as well. He convinced her to eat the forbidden fruit. The Serpent, who is the devil, came and tempted Eve. This command was given to Adam’s wife, Eve, too. “If you eat the fruit from that tree, you will die,” God told him. He had big plans for Adam, but he also had one important rule: do not eat the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. When God made Adam in the Garden of Eden, he formed him out of the clay in the ground. As you read the story, pay attention to the way God describes death to Adam. This is the story of God’s punishment for Adam and Eve after they ate the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. It is common to have our foreheads marked with ashes as a sign of our desire for mercy.
We begin each season of Lent with a day called Ash Wednesday. Dust to Dust: A Bible Story for Kids about Ash Wednesday This story is the first in a collection of Bible stories for kids about Lent: Take Up Your Cross: Lenten Bible Stories.
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